Thanks for the Opinions :)... results...

last modified: Sunday, January 24, 2010 (10:10:31 PM CST)

I ended up going for those two auctions and won them! Coincidentally enough my hours are once again going to be 5 days straight 40hrs for another two weeks so I think I'll be able to afford them. Those auctions plus the one I won before equals to about $350.00 minus the bidding fees so it will probably bring it up to $400 something. I know it's alot but it's for 3 wishlist cels and I've paid waaaaaayyy more than that for wishlist cels before. So I'm happy and will probably keep away from cel collecting again because I have AB2010 coming in April along with car insurance bill due. That and I want to attempt a few days off in NYC in March.

Ah anyway, I thank everyone for their opinions on the matter and helping to support me in whatever decision I might make.

OMG now there's three more!

last modified: Monday, January 18, 2010 (10:59:23 PM CST)

Okay this totally sucks now! From the last weblog.... well now three more have appeared and all with higher prices, plus more version of the character in her normal form. WHY? Oh Why can't I have a steady job or won the lottery? What do I do? Just ignore them? Try for one of them? Try for all of them? Welll can't do the last option I can hardly afford another one, especially with my hours being drastically cut at work but still. I'm very superstitious when it comes to auctions so I'm not going to reveal the character until I win. I've mentioned too many auctions that have lost. Does that sound stuck-up? Details are; one of them is more exprensive than the other two but it has a background and is better scene but the other two are less expensive and I could possibly get those for the price of the expensive one. Of course there is a chance I could lose the more expensive one. What do I do? Help I need advice!

Holding Back, Been Pulled Back in

last modified: Saturday, January 16, 2010 (11:03:24 PM CST)

So I've stepped aside from cel collecting for a while because I had to purchase a new car and credit card bills are astronomical still. I've been pretty good for months... until now. I saw HER and SHE has been on my wishlist for years but I have yet to have any of her in the form I wanted most. So I've broken my diet and dove in... one of the very few cels I would ever fight for at this point with what little I can afford. Funny thing is... it's NOT from Slayers. I'm just so happy I finally got her! So I will have to at some point to an update with her and others which have been sitting by my desk for months.

Update and Better Appreciation for Anime Fans...

last modified: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 (9:07:40 PM CST)

I finally updated with some things I got while at Otakon but that's not really what this blog is about.

Aside from Anime I am a dedicated fan of the F/V Time Bandit crew from Deadliest Catch and I'm a loyal follower involved with their offical TB chat. SO when I heard the captains would be in Gloucester for a fundraiser for the Glouc. Little League I thought it would be a good time. I was appalled by the level of disrespect the fans had for them. When I go to anime conventions and there are voice actors there is a level of decorum even with avid fans. If you step over a line it's like showing disrespect. Well with the fundraiser in Glouc. there were drunken parents in front of little kids pushing each other around to get an autograph... there was no real security people (just one jerk who kept on following me around and yelling at me for going to get an autograph when there are women falling into the water drunk because they stalked Johnathan all the way to the docks or women groping/dry humping the poor guys when one of them is married). They kept on asking questions about the Russ getting fired situation which bother John because Russ was a good friend and people had spread rumors the firing was a cover up for something.

I wen the the event right after work and with a sunburn on my face so I couldn't take it anymore and stepped outside upset for a little bit. I was standing there when Capt. John and Josh Harris called me over as other TB chat members were with them and had told them I was upset. SO I got an autograph from them and was able to sit with them for the rest of the night. Sitting there watching 600lbs women with tight clothing clentching onto the guys with hopes they would have a chance with them. It was quite pathetic, sad and this whole event gave me a grater appreciation for anime fans.

Otakon to there and back again....

last modified: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 (10:33:52 PM CST)

Fleeing to an anime convention is something I used to but when it's 5 states away and you need to take an airplane to get there... I highly suggest planning ahead before jumping ahead as I did.

Everything I wanted to go to and see I missed. The main reason for even going to Otakon in the first place was to finally get Crispin Freeman's autograph. After standing in an unfortunate 4-5 hour line I finally got it. So the outcome of finally getting that autograph was among one of very few things that was worth going there for (considering the distance from here and the expenses). The other thing that was worth going there for was meeting some of the other anime cel collectors that were there. I had a nice dinner with them and if for some reason I have a strong reason to return to Otakon in the future I will definitley look forward to seeing them again. Eternal gratefulness go out to Jennifer and Marcus for helping me get around the convention/Baltimore.

However, I think I will mostly just stick to Anime Boston or/and try the New York Animal Festival. But you never know, I could get that inclining to flee again and next year it will be further apart from AB to give more recovery time.

Anyway, ever since returning I have been hit with a 6 day-straight work schedule so I won't have much time to much but I hope to update with the few things I got from Otakon and more Yahoo Japan updates.

BIG updates coming soon...

last modified: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 (11:17:35 PM CST)

I've been quietly collecting wonderful new cels during the past 5 months and some were wishlist ones. They're all Slayers as that seems to be my main focus lately with how expensive good ones have been. Also, I have Anime Boston to go in a couple of days so there could be more.

On a different note; Someone informed me I hadn't responded to their "buying" one of my cels from the Shop and I said: "You did?". Apparently all of those must have ended up in the Junk Mail filter because I had clicked off the email address due to spam being emailed through here. So if anyone out there put one of my cels on hold, please PM me through Beta's website and let me know what series and describe the cel. Sorry about that!

My Grandmother died very early Sun morning..

last modified: Monday, March 16, 2009 (9:32:49 PM CST)

My other grandmother died exactly one year before she did... on the same Sunday. So freaky it convinced me my other grandmother must have been helping this grandmother make the transition and give her strength. Yes they were from different families but my other grandmother was the extremely generous sort that would be there to help and encourage other people and she got along really well with my other grandmother. It was like my mother had two mothers. The same went with me and the grandmother that died yesterday. She was very instrumental in how I can be stubborn and opinionated. Not only that but she was independent like I am.

She was born on a farm in Prince Edward Island but hated the farm life so when she turned sixteen she left the island in search of work. It was hard for women to get work at that time so she took whatever jobs she could get. She went to California for a few years until she finally moved to Haverhill, MA where she met her husband and had a family. However, the marriage was very rocky and I guess towards the end of my grandfather's life when he had alzimer's(sp) and diabetes she was divorced from him. He was very strick and ever since after he died she reveled in the imensce independent feelings she gained. Heck, she dated, danced and partied like a teenager.

The partying thing aside; most of that rubbed off on me. The independence, the need to go out and make a place for myself in the world and the hatred of the trapped/suffocating feelings. In some ways she was like the real-life Lina Inverse I wish existed. She was there for me when no one else was and she always thought about me when everyone else seems to forget I even exist. Hopefully I can gain her strength and be able to get my foot out the door in the world and find a place where I can be happy.

My scanner crapped out on me!

last modified: Friday, February 06, 2009 (11:10:28 PM CST)

I was scanning a Lina cel to upload and it wouldn't scan right. No matter what I did to try and fix the image, it was still distorted with digital lines out of wack. With that and the fact that my printer NEVER worked since I got my new computer a few years ago I finally had to run out and buy a scanner/printer. Since Circut City is going OoB I decided it was the only opportunity to get a cheap one. So now all I have to do is try to get it going soon. Does anyone else have a scanner/printer or do you have just scanners?

New England Apocalypse...

last modified: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 (10:22:57 PM CST)

It has to be some sort of apocalypse sign going on over here. First working in retail during the holiday season and broken economy I have the worse possible view of humanity right now. Then that severe ice storm which knocked out power through much of not only my city but most other cities around the NH/MA boarder. Let me tell you sleeping that night with the electricity going out at 2am, the basement starting to flood and hearing branches and trees as they fell by my house made for one of the longest nights in my life! I really did feel like I was in some sort of "End of the World" movie. Luckily for me my electricity went back on the next night at 9:30PM unlike some other residents in my town.

Now we have snow storms which will be in and out of New England through most of this week and now some of next week so there is still the threat of electrity going out and trees falling. New England especially northern New England usually is the very few areas in the US that doesn't get hit by alot of natural disasters however, within the past three years when something happens (like the flood on Mother's Day three years ago) it happens BIG TIME. So I hope everyone else who lives in New England keeps warm and safe.

On another note, I have some updates coming soon I'll probably get those around my birthday (the 28th boo I'm working). Also, my Sana/Akito cel won second place in the Funny category of the Beta Awards! Congrats to everyone who won something and to those who submitted something! Every year the contest gets better and better! I can't wait for next year, I already have some peices in mind to submit next year. Merry Christmas/ Happy Holidays everyone and let's all hope for a better year next year!

Also, I'm very close to reaching 500 viewings of my two top Lord of Nightmares cels and the cel of Lina punching Gourry! I hope they can get there for my update so I have reason to celebrate!

I feel like a loser...

last modified: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 (12:23:51 PM CST)

Yes, I went for the Lord of Nightmares cel and the auction ended up going past my bidding limit which was way over a thousand while I was sleeping in. I feel like the biggest loser in the world. I was going to raise my bidding limit last night... why didn't I?! That keeps kicking me in the @$$. I had everything planned. How I was going to pay for it, where I was going to put it in my room, how I would frame it. Now I just feel this big emptiness in the pit of my stomach because I hesitated when my instincts told me to do something. I would probably fling myself off a bridge if I didn't have to work today and didn't have my kitten to take care of. I'm gonna have to buy cheer-up cels or something.

Kitty Adoption and Cel Celebration!

last modified: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 (10:59:20 PM CST)

Hiya everyone! Last week I adopted an adorable black kitten with black stripes and greenish eyes who I named "Temperance" after the character in the TV show "Bones". So in celebration I'm in the process of scanning all the cels, sketches and etc that I have gained over the past six months. I have some major new additions to Slayers Next coming and I even have some new series to put up. Stay tuned.

I wanna go to ComicCon!!!

last modified: Friday, July 25, 2008 (12:06:16 AM CST)

Every year I wish I had the money and connections to go to ComicCon even more than wanting to go to AX! I live on the total opposite coastline of the US so it would cost the same for one airplane ticket as it would for a two-night stay at the hotel. I would not only have to save up but have somebody who knows the area to help me around CA because I would get so lost on my own. What a pardicament. *sigh* especially when things are messed up in my life it really makes me want to just take off to somewhere. Maybe next year I'll be able to go... but I'm not holding my breath.

The Longest... Weirdest Week of My Life...

last modified: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 (6:15:45 AM CST)

Last Friday my family received news that my grandmother who was fighting terminal cancer was losing and it would be a matter of days before she died. She died on Sunday while I was at work some fate at work happened and I ended up being at the hospital before my family left. Long few days later the Wake came and went.. American Idol came a went with Amanda being voted off... then the funeral came and went. Finally it was the weekend where Anime Boston was happening. Half of me wasn't going to go but the other half of me needed the time off alone by myself. So I went. The convention sucked for various reasons... no I did not wait in a 5-8 hour line for registration like I heard about. I was in a 3 hour line which I've been in longer lines. Aside from that though everything else sucked. I wasted most of Saturday waiting in long lines and never getting the chance to see the Pillows... or get any autographs but I did end up going to Gregg Ayer's panel and while I was waiting in line I overheard the Pillows concert going on. They were good. I think I would've gotten a headache from the loudness though so I'm kinda glad I missed it. I lasted one hour at the dance on Saturday Night before I couldn't take the techno music anymore.

Anyway, I ended up buying some cels and fanart which I'm adding to my gallery throughout this week. I'm hoping things go back to their normal flows because I haven't been sleeping right for the past two weeks. My family has been deeply shaken and I am more stressed than relaxed from the Convention.

The Longest... Weirdest Week of My Life...

last modified: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 (6:15:41 AM CST)

Last Friday my family received news that my grandmother who was fighting terminal cancer was losing and it would be a matter of days before she died. She died on Sunday while I was at work some fate at work happened and I ended up being at the hospital before my family left. Long few days later the Wake came and went.. American Idol came a went with Amanda being voted off... then the funeral came and went. Finally it was the weekend where Anime Boston was happening. Half of me wasn't going to go but the other half of me needed the time off alone by myself. So I went. The convention sucked for various reasons... no I did not wait in a 5-8 hour line for registration like I heard about. I was in a 3 hour line which I've been in longer lines. Aside from that though everything else sucked. I wasted most of Saturday waiting in long lines and never getting the chance to see the Pillows... or get any autographs but I did end up going to Gregg Ayer's panel and while I was waiting in line I overheard the Pillows concert going on. They were good. I think I would've gotten a headache from the loudness though so I'm kinda glad I missed it. I lasted one hour at the dance on Saturday Night before I couldn't take the techno music anymore.

Anyway, I ended up buying some cels and fanart which I'm adding to my gallery throughout this week. I'm hoping things go back to their normal flows because I haven't been sleeping right for the past two weeks. My family has been deeply shaken and I am more stressed than relaxed from the Convention.

The Longest... Weirdest Week of My Life...

last modified: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 (6:15:25 AM CST)

Last Friday my family received news that my grandmother who was fighting terminal cancer was losing and it would be a matter of days before she died. She died on Sunday while I was at work some fate at work happened and I ended up being at the hospital before my family left. Long few days later the Wake came and went.. American Idol came a went with Amanda being voted off... then the funeral came and went. Finally it was the weekend where Anime Boston was happening. Half of me wasn't going to go but the other half of me needed the time off alone by myself. So I went. The convention sucked for various reasons... no I did not wait in a 5-8 hour line for registration like I heard about. I was in a 3 hour line which I've been in longer lines. Aside from that though everything else sucked. I wasted most of Saturday waiting in long lines and never getting the chance to see the Pillows... or get any autographs but I did end up going to Gregg Ayer's panel and while I was waiting in line I overheard the Pillows concert going on. They were good. I think I would've gotten a headache from the loudness though so I'm kinda glad I missed it. I lasted one hour at the dance on Saturday Night before I couldn't take the techno music anymore.

Anyway, I ended up buying some cels and fanart which I'm adding to my gallery throughout this week. I'm hoping things go back to their normal flows because I haven't been sleeping right for the past two weeks. My family has been deeply shaken and I am more stressed than relaxed from the Convention.

Of Course....

last modified: Saturday, November 03, 2007 (7:38:02 AM CST)

A LoN cel happens to show up not to soon after I change the graphics here back to my LoN theme. So naturally I think it's destiny and so I try bidding but holy hell SMJ wouldn't update my bid limit in time and even then I was far from winning. It really does suck especially the timing. For the past month my mother has been in the hospital following brain surgery then I get a terrible sinus infection and had to be out of work for two weeks. Currently I have to work overtime to try and make up for the money that has been lost. This was the one thing in the past month that made me happy thinking about and I couldn't even come close to having it. Man, I feel like fate is constantly against me it's gotten to the point where I wonder if.... *sigh* nevermind. I'm just majorly depressed right now. I'm going to sleep and have a bittersweet day off.

A little bit of this and that...

last modified: Thursday, August 09, 2007 (11:34:08 PM CST)

well with current bad status at home and at work I've decided I needed to do some things to cheer up. I hadn't collected cels in a long time so I really wanted to get add a little bit of something more to it. SO I got two Slayers cels because I really loved them and the total cost came to $30.00... not bad.

I'm going to Water Country on Saturday... I didn't really want to go on a busy weekend day like that but I don't have much of a choice since I PROMISED to take my little cousin there.

I'm hoping to take a little day trip to NYC at the end of September because I haven't done so in a LONG time. I'm also hoping that this time one or more of my friends/co-workers will go with me since touring NYC isn't as much fun without other people with you.

When Life is the Pits...

last modified: Saturday, June 30, 2007 (7:09:05 PM CST)

Like many other cel collectors I've had personal issues prevent me from collecting much these days. To start out with there have been severe medical issues with my mother especially her mouth. She had a seizure while getting a root canal and it took them 2 months to realize that happened. Two months of screaming pain that would sometimes cause her to pass out. So they gave her seizure medication and she still can barely eat. All the dental/doctor visits as well as previous finacial problems have added up and we can't afford to live in our house anymore. Working part time in retail offers very little help to them.

On another note, what little time I have had I have spent campaigning for one more shortened season of my favorite non-anime TV show "Gilmore Girls" at gilmoregirls.org we had been fighting to gain an eighth season to make up for the horrible season we had this year since Febuary. However, it was to no evail(sp?) but we haven't given up yet. Especially with the horrible final episodes of the series, we felt like we were jipped and we really need 8-11 more episodes to end things the right way. We're currently in the process of gaining signatures on an online petition and fundraising to send 7,000 hand-made daisies to the head of the CW network, Alexis and Lauren.

I know people have told us "it's over, move on" but at least we're TRYING to do something. If we didn't do anything at all then we definately won't make any progress. Some TV shows which were officially cancelled have been successful in gaining one more season (7th Heaven, Jerico, that show with Jim Belushi in it, etc) so there is hope. If you or anyone you know would like to help support the effort I have the links to them in my link section. Help me flip the bird at to "the man". On the bright side, out of all this I got an autograph from Alexis Bledel and a copy script from the show in my "Others" section.

Some AB goodies and SMJ shipped ones!

last modified: Monday, April 23, 2007 (10:02:35 PM CST)

I return from Anime Boston with goodies and also with some updates I had shipped from SMJ. From AB I have: two GORGEOUS Fruits Basket artwork in the FB section and three autographs in the ZAutographs section. From SMJ I have three Sailor Moon cel updates and one Kodocha cel of Sana! Yes I am starting a Kodocha cel section. I also have an original character artwork I had specifically made by an artist from the Artist Alley at AB and I will have that update once I finish adding little details. I will probably contact this artist and see if she will do more characters for my original fanfic. Okay more details later but for now I have to go to sleep.

Bday Chaos part 2....

last modified: Monday, January 01, 2007 (3:54:00 PM CST)

Sorry I didn't have enough space to make this all one blog.

The entire time I talked to the guy he was placating me because I'm a girl and I look young. It just got me more pissed off and so I yelled more insults at him and the company. One time I called him a dipstick... I thought the reference was fitting. At the end, I had to pay for the part that broke because it was on the list to eventually be fixed anyway but I didn't have to pay for the labor. I also found out what they REALLY fixed the other day which cost me so much. I said "Damn right I don't have to pay for the labor! If you guys knew what you were doing you would've been able to figure out that would've happened and fixed it before hand. Instead you let it slide and gave me a car with brakes that broke to drive! I'm very disappointed in this company! I came here with everyone telling me that they would rip me off but I ignored them. But everytime I come in, you guys add more parts and proceedurs that I don't need inorder to pass inspection! You guys keep trying to slide things passed me because I'm a girl and I don't know anything about cars but this time it could've cost me my life!".

Do you know what the guy replied with? "I know it must be hard for you being a WOMAN with a car..." that's when I cut him off because he said the word "woman" with such a condesending tone that it ticked both me off AND my sister. I interupted with "No, it's hard being someone who doesn't know anything about cars!!!" and he replaced the "woman" part with what I said in the meantime my sister threw him with a list of women who know cars including herself. Then as I go to a different register to pay for the part that broke the guy had the NERVE to say that he hoped that when I come back for the rest of the work they would treat me better. Both my sister and I were thinking: "Are you CRAZY! There's no way in HELL I'm coming back to you guys who keep ripping me off!". Which sucks because now I have to find another mechanic to fix my exhaust because I KNOW I can't pass the inspection with my car sounding like it's in a NASCAR race. By the way my sister gave me a round of a applause for the things I said to the guy, which I really appreciate coming from her.

*sigh* the only bright side of my day was receiveing a holday card from Zag(thank-you so much by the way) and being giving the chance to own a Mistress 9 cel that I love. God, I so hope that the new year is much better than the last one because of all the crap that everyone has gone through this year we deserve a good one!

Bday Chaos part 1...

last modified: Monday, January 01, 2007 (3:53:12 PM CST)

On my birthday I had $1,000 worth of work done to my car mainly the brakes. When I drove home I discovered I barely had any brakes at all. It took a couple of feet for the car to stop so I had to return it to them and yell at them for being idiots because I could've been in an accident! I also had to work for 7:30AM the next morning so with no car I had to turn to my grandmother. The next day my grandmother picked me up from work to tell me that the guys at Pepboys wanted to charge me for what they "fixed".

I was PISSED OFF. The more I thought of the $1,500 I had spent and reflecting on the things. I realized there were many things on the list they decided to add or fix which weren't urgent for me to pass inspection. That pissed me off even more. So that night when I went to pick up my car I went specifically to yell at them and come out not having to pay for work they should've done. I went with my sister and her ex-fiance who are experts with cars. Basically, they barely had to say anything at all because the whole time I was there I was firm and direct... I wouldn't let the guy push me around. I had it all set up in my mind what I would say and I actually said them. It turns out that the brakes weren't the only things they fixed the other day, they decided to replace major parts in the front of the car and because of all the work; this small part around the front brakes broke. The guy wanted to pin it on ME driving it "just so happened" after the mechanic "test-drove" it so the problem that occurred was an accident which I caused.

To prove that it was them who screwed up we went outside and the guy kept on talking trying to pin it all on me saying it was my fault for pressing on the brake so hard. I said to him: "Look at me! I barely weight 100 pounds in order for it to be that way I would've had to STAND on the brake petal and even then it wouldn't have done that. If the mechanic had test-drived it effeciantly enough then the part would've broke with him and he could've fixed it there!" boy was the guy quiet thinking about that for a while. My sister's ex-boyfriend went with him in the car while the guy drove it around the parking lot a few times and they had a long discussion back and forth. Finally the guy parks my car and gets out... leaving the headlights on! SO I shouted at him: "Hey, don't leave the lights on my car! I don't want the battery to go because of you!" he jumped right to it and ran back inside the shop so I could yell at him more.

Retail + Me Working= insanity

last modified: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 (5:27:32 AM CST)

That pretty much sums up my life right now. Even MORE stress because we have this new store manager who LOVES the control stick and makes my department of signing and markdowns, come in at 5:00AM some morning and leave at midnight on others. The other day I had a choice of EITHER having to work for 4 in the morning on Sunday OR come in for 10 on that Sat night and work until 4:00 since I HATE mornings I went with the latter and my sleep schedule has been screwed up ever since! I am so messed up that I JUST went X-mas shopping yesterday, I sleep in the afternoons, and I missed saying Happy birthday to Mirai Peorth who is a good friend of mine!

To make matters worse, I have to have about $1,500 worth of car service done in order for my car to pass state inspection since my birthday is on the 28th. I had to miss out on a Lina cel I really wanted and not being able to make offers on some Saiyuki sketches from Lizzie. I don't even have my X-mas tree up this year.

The only bright sides so far are; I won 2nd place in the Beta Awards for Most Femimine, I won a Chibi Chibi cel for a cheap price, I got a Gilmore Girls script, and knowing that there is only one more week of this crap left. Also, I got a present from MP (which I'm still working on yours MP I'm so behind!) and hopefully my friends will be taking me out for my birthday (it's a big deal to me because my birthdays are usually miserable). I hope everyone else has very happy holidays and may you have good vibes in the upcoming year!

Littl Bit O Updates...

last modified: Monday, November 06, 2006 (5:01:47 PM CST)

Hey, I updated some of my Slayers Next with some newer scans of cels. I also updated my photo section with a pic of me with my friends on Halloween and then a pic of me with my mom on Halloween.

Back on Track Again...

last modified: Saturday, October 21, 2006 (8:02:59 PM CST)

Okay, I finally got the whole blocked thing straightened out. Thanks to Klet and E for your support. I updated some-what with two new cels coming soon and an awesome pan sketch of Sanzo with the kitty in the Saiyuki Reload section.

On a good note totally non-related to cels but has to be mentioned... my sister finally moved out! I'm so jazzed! Now don't get me wrong, she IS my sister so I do have a strong connection to her BUT living under the same roof as her is like living with well if anyone has ever seen "Gilmore Girls"... my sister is exactly like Paris. That is enough to make me exhausted everyday. Now I don't have to put up with so much attitude before diner. No place like quiet home.

Thanks to kira, unicorngallery, sletia and klet again for your last comments. Tex Chan- thank-you so much! I wanted fall colors as a way to celebrate it! Now I have a halloweenish scary faces theme.

A Little Bit of Info...

last modified: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 (6:58:16 PM CST)

I updated with a VERY small update consisting of a Mistress Nine cel and a Slayers cel that I finally got from SMJ. You might notice that a huge chunk of my gallery is missing, that's because I'm planning on taking offers soon and I didn't want to forget to hide the important peices. I have a major dental bill I have to pay. I will make announcements about that on Beta. What the heck is up with the Cels.org forum all there is are spam advertisement? Don't they have some sort of firewall or blocking system for it? That place was going downhill in the first place but now it's gone all the way down to Heck. My life has been very complicated lately so I haven't had time nor the money to persue cel collecting. I might not be in the right place to keep adding to my gallery for a long while. It sucks but if I keep things up I'll end up like my sister and that CAN'T happen! I hope that other collectors around are doing better than I am and I hope to try and visit their galleries once in a while.

Saiyuki Withdrawls and More Complications..

last modified: Thursday, June 15, 2006 (5:07:44 PM CST)

Ever since I came back from Anime Boston, I've had major Saiyuki withdrawl problems for three reasons. 1: All the Saiyuki goodies I bought at AB 2: there was a cosplay guy at AB who went as Sanzo with the robe down at the waist, wearing the black no-sleev shirt and I kinda went gaga for him and now I'm terribly attracted to Sanzo. It's a little embarrassing becuase I don't fall for Bishonen-looking characters easily except for Milgazia from Slayers, Saphire from Sailor Moon and a little bit of Sesshy from Inu Yasha. Well... I do have a thing for blonde haired blue eyed guys so it's not a shocker I guess. 3: the rain and everything happening here has put me in a bad mood.

Remember when I told you how the shelf broke off of the wall and left hole marks in my wall that started leaking? Well, the water from the wall spread onto the floor and on one complete side of my room. I live on the top floor, so in fear of everything crashing through the floor and landing on my dad in the middle of the night and becuase of the overpowering smell of musty mold, I have been sleeping in the Family Room couch. Great. I have been sleeping there for thr past 5 days and the inspector won't be here until Monday *cries* I HATE YOU Rain! Damn you! Go away and NEVER come back!!! Okay... I'm done now.

Oh yeah, by the way... I got into a shouting match with my so-called Supervisor. It was due. She was pissing all of us off and I was left all alone with her disappearing for hours instead of doing what she was supposed to and help me mark down clothes. I shouted, she shouted back, and I shouted LOUDER and then used tactics I use with my sister and took her down. It was fun. In the end, she did what I told her to and I felt GOOD! Brings me back to my early childhood with my sister... hehehe

I got so desperate for Saiyuki that I actually bought the last dvd of Reload and the first dvd of Gunlock. Which is unheard of for me becuase I HATE Reload's dubbed voices with a passion. Saiyuki isn't the same without Greg Ayres as Goku, Dave M. as Sanzo, Braden as Hakkai, Illich as Gojyo, Hillary Haag as Lirin, and Vic M. as Kougaji! The new dubbed people SUCK and the japanese voices have been tough to get used to especially Sanzo deep voice. Not only that but I found Relaod redundant and boring. I actually liked the ending of Reload becuase it comes from the last part of the original Saiyuki manga. I watched Gunlock and liked it right away becuase it follows the Reload manga and it's much more like the old Saiyuki. So now I can't wait to see the other volumes. I have some new Saiyuki sketches coming soon from the AM sale and a surprise Mistress Nine cel coming soon, too! So

Sorry about the bright colors but I wanted something bright and powerful like a summer's sun. Strong thanks goes out to all of the wonderful support from the great people here at RS! Especially purple-plum, Sletia, Tex-chan, Mirai Peorth and Kira!

One Thing Right After Another *sighs*...

last modified: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 (9:25:22 PM CST)

The first week of May I had major problems with work, the second week of May there was a HUGE flood in my town which included my neighborhood. I was forced to be evacuated and lived in the Red Roof in for almost a week. The river that was behind my house, my house was IN the river! The basement flooded sooo bad and most of the stuff that was nicely stored in storage bins tipped over and opened up spilling into the water. Holy Moses where was Noah when I needed him... on a cruise?!

Finally we were able to move back into the house of course we had to spend a week cleaning the basement out.

The next week was Anime Boston. Which was fun and relaxing but yet again I spent the majority of the time stuck in line waiting for autographs that I missed all the panels and activities I wanted to attend except for the FMA movie preveiw panel and the general VA panel! I was sooo upset that I missed the panel that tells you how to audition for VA work and info on it, etc! I REALLY wanted to attend that becuase I want to VA! However, I DID get a ton of autographs from Vic M., more autos from Greg Ayres and a TON of goodies from the Dealers Room so I guess it wasn't all bad! Vic is one of the nicest VA I have ever met he set up alot of spur of the moment autograph sessions of which I was the end of each line so the poor security people probably thought I was an obsessive groupie... I was NOT I just had good timing! However, I was hoping to run into Greg more often again and TRY to get to the dances but no luck there. Ah well, there's next year.

So onto last week. I left the Con on Sunday and worked Monday, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri... had Sat. off, worked Mon., Tues, and finally had today off and I am EXHAUSTED! We're having a MAJOR problem with one of our so-called "Supervisor" because she doesn't do the work she's supposed to and when she does she messes it up. So we have been going crazy trying to fix her mistakes and trying to get her either fired or switched to a different team... which we are REALLY getting close. AND Today I was sleeping at 12:30 AM 'cause it was my day off (felt damn good too) then I heard a peculiar ripping noise coming from one of my walls. I sit up and look just in time to see a shelf on the wall with porcelin dolls on it, rip out of the wall and come flying over a bureau under it (knocking some things off of it) and go crashing onto the floor! I screamed and my father and sister came running into my messy room. NOW there are holes in my wall that are leaking water from the outside rain! I HATE ran right now I really, really do! I'm already hating the Summer... I want it to skip it and go straight to Fall becuase of the events so far I'm fearing it'll be a Hell of a Summer!

I'm now completely broke from AB and missed one of my good friend's birthday AND my father's birthday. I updated my cel gallery here and updated the Album here too so check them out if you want to! If anyone out there sent a feedback or anything during the last couple of weeks I'll TRY to get back to you but my e-mails are so backed up that it might take a while. Gomen.

Slowly Getting Back On Track...

last modified: Friday, March 10, 2006 (9:42:30 PM CST)

Ouch with MAJOR money problems my second-to-last hope was a loan and the last resort was to sell most of my gallery. Luckily my past glorious credit history came shining through and once again I'm safe. However I receive a strange response as I was signing on the line of the contract. The credit report people wanted to know why I only took out the small loan that I did. Apparently I have a long line of credit and I only asked for what I was hoping would be good enough to get me back on track and have enough money to hold onto just in case something happens. So damn it I could've taken out a bigger loan and have extra money but I have always been one to only take what I need. I can barely stand the fact that I need a loan in the first place but this way I won't feel so guilty and I can work it out with my paychecks at work/ tax refund and wipe out most of my debts in a couple of months and completely by the time convention stuff starts happening.

As for cels I haven't had the money to do much. I had to force myself to miss Jenn B's mega sale and much more. One great thing that came out of it was I received a tip by a wonderful fellow RS collector about a Konzen repro cel for sale and I finally got it! It'll be here in about a week! YES! I'm SOOO happy and excited! I also managed to get through a payment plan cel from Mairsa and Casey of a Lina cel and that should be coming in at the same time! That's it for now and for a long time while I recover. Hopefully I can get back onto it around convention time to snag goodies there! *crosses fingers*

Merry Christmas to Me...

last modified: Monday, February 13, 2006 (5:28:23 PM CST)

Yeah I know about two months late but after the snow yesterday I got two rewards for fighting through the snow to get to work. The first I got to work overtime and I managed to get through all the snow. The second is that I had today off and perfect timing to catch the maillady with my SMJ shipment! Yay, so many goodies! Some cels, some backgrounds and a Slayers item that I am just in love with. It's a music box that plays the Slayers Next OP theme. It's so cute! So I've been so busy that I didn't have time to scan and upload the Saiyuki sketches. Sorry. I'll try to get those done some time this week.

Thanks to tex-chan, kira, Rayman, klet, ginga, WC, unicorngallery, setsumei, and pinkipromise for your kind words in the previous weblogs!

Blizzard Heading My Way... Darn it all!

last modified: Saturday, February 11, 2006 (8:25:36 PM CST)

Yup, a blizzard is barreling down to all New England and of course I have to work for 7:00 AM in the morning right when the storm is supposed to be at its worst! Figures, and I can't call out becuase my hours at work have been cut enough as it is that I can barely afford all the doctors bills. At this point I'll have to take out a loan or something to pay for everything. Anyways, good thing I live not too far from work so I should be able to make it.

I've been watching the Winter Olympics because there are alot of people from New England participating and I can see any event and not be bored. Heck my favs are the figure skating, louge and speed skating. Go USA! I've always wandered where you learn how to do the louge and stuff... at skiing places or what? I've REALLY gotten into that with the speed and quickness that I LOVE so I would love to know if there was a place to go just to try it out.

I've got more Saiyuki sketches to upload from Many moths ago. I had two Achika cels in my Coming Soon section that I had won from YJ that fell through so I was depressed and ended up getting an awesome Achika group cel that will be added soon so I'm happy about that. Also, my Azumanga section will be up soon they're mostly sketches of Maya though. Other than that I have nothing else coming or anything I can afford to purchase.

Being Sick SUCKS....

last modified: Sunday, January 29, 2006 (9:41:22 PM CST)

especially when you don't know what you have! For those who might not know I've been not feeling well for a couple of months now; being light-headed to points of nearly fainting, having major headaches, and having trouble breathing especially at night while trying to sleep. Many people have told me to get it checked out but I hadn't had health insurance EVER until this month so I wanted to wait for as long as I could so I could lower costs but eventually after one of the worst nights and waking up in hysterics so much that my sister who's room is right next door had heard me and I confessed EVERYTHING to her. More than things I have told other people so she finally convinced me to go the next day and she'd take me.

So I went to see the doctor, then she told me to get x-rays, then I had to get a blood test. Having to be forced to pay the co-payments for them on the spot. It's been almost a week since then and besides having stayed home from work and then overworking to make up for it I came home yesterday to see that they sent a cozy little note basically stating they still don't know what's wrong with me becuase nothing showed up in their tests, thanks for giving them money. That I'm just fatigue from lack of sleep. No kidding? REALLY? Lack of sleeping becuase I'm scared to go to sleep I could've told them that! I was hoping they showed SOMETHING. ANYTHING. Any kind of explaination for feeling like crap and them taking blood from me! I had a terrible and tramatic experiences with blood test when I was a kid so it was a big ordeal for me to face that crap and come out of it nearly passing out. Darn small town doctors! As you can tell I'm a little pissed off right now. Becuase I have a HUGE doctor's bill coming and if I want to have this looked at further I'll have to pay MORE money to get even more painful and emberrassing tests done which my hourse at work have been severaly cut so I'm not sure I can even pay the first bill.

Anyhow, I have Tuesday off and I plan to update my cel gallery then. I have some items I have had for MONTHS that I have promised to put up so I have got to do that now or I'll never get to do it. That will be my last update for a while except when I get my SMJ shipment in and add some of those. I need to save money for the doctor's bills, future dentist and car insurance bills and anime conventions so I hope there aren't any wishlist cels before then.

Thanks to; klet, GB, Blueaheavne, JWR, MP, and everyone else who have given me a lot of support through this very chaotic mess.

It feels like I'm Living in Alaska!!!

last modified: Sunday, January 15, 2006 (6:05:53 PM CST)

All through out last night I could hear the ice snow (hail? Sleet? Whatever the heck you call it) blow harshly against the window much like debris from a massive thunderstorm. This morning I had to go to work for 7:00 AM (on a Sunday... grr) and ended up being half an hour late. How you ask? My car was parked behind my grandmother's car (she lives with us) only I couldn't get to either car... why? Not becuase of snow... becuase of ICE compeletely covering both cars and making it impossible to open the doors to get in! I managed to get my car's door open in about ten minutes but I still couldn't get inside my grandmother's car to move it so that I can move my car, so that I can move hers back in the patking lot so that I could go to work! Finally 15 minutes later I had to crawl through the passanger door and drive her car with no vision through the windsheild whatsoever. Luckily it was friggn 7:00AM on a Sunday and people were sleeping. My car was free and I was on my way VERY slolwly becuase the roads were slushie ice mixes.

I make it to work and an hour later it starts snowing snow and frigid. I leave work to feel the bitter coldness bite right through my skin and to my bones. I had to brush my car off again and came home vowing not to go outside for the rest of the night! There's a horrid draft in my room due to my badly done window but yet the furnace keeps going and make me boil. Ever heard of nuking it? Luckily I have Saiyuki to keep me warm and sane.

Speaking of Saiyuki I have a couple of repros coming and I'll TRY AGAIN to attempt to scan a bunch of sketches that I got during the last couple of months. Also, I won my first Naruto repro from Mandarake! I'm so excited! It's one of both Naruto and Iruka-Sensei together! I just LOVE Iruka, especially when he's with Naruto... it's so very entertaining. Eventually I'll get more of the repros as months go along but I'm not in a hurry becuase I'm saving up for dentist appointments, cons, famring cels, restoring cels and Slayers cels have top priority over every other series IF I have spare money.

All Work and No Play...

last modified: Monday, January 09, 2006 (10:41:12 PM CST)

With the holidays over, I thought that my hours would be cut and that I would have more time to get things done around the house and catch up with my friends and websites but the new position I have at my job doesn't agree with me. See I work with signing and mark downing of clearance at a retail store and now that the holidays are over, most of the Winter stuff is going on clearance to make way for the spring stuff. I have more hours that most other employees at my store however, the money seems to be going straight to paying off bills and newly acquired insurance. Do you know that I have been going six years of working (5 at the same store) without gaining medical or detail insurance and my insuraces tied with my parents ended when I was a Junior in High School? Good thing I never really got sick or I would've been in REAL big trouble. However, it has played hell with my teeth and in three weeks two fillings have completely dissolved, and a damn tooth which I have been SURE to have a cativy since the last time I went to the dentist is causing me pain. I have to make an oppiotment but I never had insurnace stuff before so I'm afraid of screwing things up. But I have no choice When you can actually feel peices of food being jammed up cavities... it's not a pleasant exprience.

Ooh, yeah I purchased my first couple non-anime dvd sets. It's a television show that I watched when I was in the seventh grade and most of it had been recorded on many seperate tapes all over my room along with the old, first aired Sailor Moon dub episodes. The show was called; "Silk Stalkings" and I mean the ORIGINAL first one with Rita and Chris in it! Now, if you have seen this series you're probably sitting with wide eyes at the fact that a kid in seventh grade was watching this show. For those who aren't familiar with the show it's the late 80's early 90's version of CSI Miami and NYPD Blue mixed it with some edgy humor. It's about a male and female Homicide detectives who are partners that bust murder crime in racey situations. Now as a kid I managed to completely ingore all the racey stuff like it was nothing worth remembering, I was watching it for the suspense. They had THE best mysteries and cases, not only that but I learned alot of rules of solving tv/movie mysteries by watching it. If ever I watch a series or movie I can usually tell what's going to happen before it does becuase of what I observe and applied to what I learned from this show. Of course I wouldn't have even been interested in it in the first place if I didn't absolutely adore the lead female character Rita. She seems like your adverage female small, short and peitie kicking but and showing proof of female power. Her relationship with her partner is something that many people can relate too and there is so much chemistry and teamwork that they don't realize how close they really are to each other. I really like relationships like that and like Lina/Gourry ones. So the focus of the series is not so much aimed at the two main opposite sex characters getting hooked on each other, rather focuses on their everyday lives doing what they do and the important people in it that keeps them going.

Things at home have calmed down. I have some Saiyuki repro cels coming, some Saiyuki sketches that I have had for a month which I haven't had time to scan yet, and some things here/there that I'm waiting on. That's it on my end. Thanks to maiko, klet, Leah, WC, sletia, zerospace, Tex-Chan and MP for your support from the last couple weblogs it really helped to calm me down alot.

Bad Icing on My Non-existant Cake...

last modified: Sunday, January 01, 2006 (12:24:41 AM CST)

Oh goody starting off the New Year on a bad note. Not too good. I just learned a couple of days ago that my sister and mother got in a HUGE fight on my birthday over guess who... me, that's right and now they're not talking to each other.

Basically what happened is that as usual my sister Jennifer was mouthing off about me becuase I came home from my birthday night in a bad mood while she (and her friend moreso) were actual cleaning. Now that was something that struck me as wrong right off the bat. Tidy is the opposite word I would use to describe what she is. So for her to be so-called cleaning means that she was raving about something and got into cleaning to get her frustations out on something. However, when I came in her friend was on her hands and knees cleaning yet Jen was just walking around. Anyway, so after my appearance and even quicker disappearance, I guess she went to my mother to complain about me and try to make me look really bad. Unfortunately, my mother has been um, snippy and defensive lately so she jumped to my defense and things went downhill from there. So a couple days later my mother tells me this and comments how everybody is on my side...except me.

I'm used to my sister acting like this by now. She has this way of looking down on people and thinking that nothing is her fault but someone elses. However, we have a mutual line of jealousy/respect that if crossed will destroy out household. Yes, I'd be the first to admit I'm not very tidy either and I do make messes too but eventually I'll clean them but I'm not one to say well SHE did something messy too. At this point I just shut my mouth and walk away. As the older sister, it's my job to be on her side. The way that this arguement developed has lead to a bad feeling. You see Jennifer is MUCH bigger and stronger than me, so is her boyfriend and they have cel phones. So if Mom should happen to fall and not be able to get up or is stuck somewhere Jen is the first person she calls and besides my dad is the only one who can help her. I'm afraid that if this keeps up and mom needs her help, that she's going to say no. I hope that my mother can get over this enough to realize that there will never be an apology from Jen and if what I fears happens she'll be regretting not saying sorry to her. Sometimes the strongest person is the one to first let go. Sigh, what to do.

Birthday Bah Humbung...

last modified: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 (10:39:28 PM CST)

That's how I've felt in the past five years becuase having a birthday right after x-mas and right before New Years is pretty nonexistant unless I have parties or something before or after all of that. The only party I ever had on my birthday that was worth while was my 18th one where ALL of my relatives came and friends.

Today was another one of those. I went to the movies/ dinner with my friends. There was a mix up and I didn't get to leave the house until 3:30 PM. We watched the movie Narnia at the theaters... I remembered why I didn't like the books and why I hate movie adaptation of books. When we went to dinner we had to wait half and hour to get in and the food was WAY too salty/spicey that I swore my tounge and lips were on fire. I ended up accidently offending one of my friends. Her sister was just in a bad car accident, she came out fine but one of her friends didn't. I was driving and absent-mindedly teased about going straight through a red light and she started crying. So I felt bad and combined with my issues against my birthdays I hit a depressed and cranky mood for the rest of the night. I'm feeling a little better now that I've been online and that my little cousin gave me a hand-made present.

There are some things on the Mandarake BA that I'm watching but I probably won't go for them becuase I don't have the money. I'm going to keep the cels I wasn't sure about showing but I'll sell others instead. For some reason I missed the 10cent sale event on Ebay which I really could've used. So if anyone knows when the next one happens, I would appreciate it if you'd let me know. Thanks!

Merry X-mas to Those Who Celebrate it!...

last modified: Sunday, December 25, 2005 (1:21:46 PM CST)

I hope you have a wonderful x-mas full of fun, family and presents. For those who don't celebrate Xmas I hope you have a very Happy Holidays and enjoy this day off of work/ school.

For me, I'm not intending to go to my grandmother's house like I do every chirstmas. First, my mother can't go with us becuase of my Grammy's stairs and I don't like the idea of her sitting alone on Xmas miserable becuase she doesn't even have her dog with her, Second; I don't like going to my grnadmother's house anymore becuase I'm basically alone when I get there becuase there's no one my age except my sister and she always has a boyfriend with her, and third; I have to work for 6:30 AM tomorrow and if I go to Grammy's house, I won't be back until 10:00PM and won't have enough time to eat, make a washing and settle into bed. So I'm just going to stay here for the day. It's like a day off but with everyone home and presents.

Heck, I was almost working on my birthday. They scheduled me to work on my birthday (Wed.) AND on New Years weekend... how the heck was I supposed to celebrate my birthday/ when my mother's side of the family comes over for christmas gift exchanging? So Luckily my new manager happens to be someone I worked with for five years and when I told her it was my birthday she quickly switched it with Tuesday.

See ya Next year!

Yay Packages in the Mail Today!

last modified: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 (9:21:35 PM CST)

Yes, today I received three packages in the mail today. One was the AM package with some Saiyuki sketches, one was a backgroud set I won off of Celga and the last was a package sent by evilminion with Saiyuki sketch presents in it! SHe's the best! I think that means that Sletia will finally be receiving her Hellmaster cel. Yay, I'm a happy Neko =^;^= I'll try to find time on Friday to get the Saiyuki sketches up. I did however have time to scan the backgrounds with the cels. I won this set specifically for a background I really needed. It was one to go with the cel of Gourry reaching up to the LoN as she floats away and I wanted only the perfect background for it. Other than seeing exact ones but with cels from $60-110 I had to wait patiently becuase I want to frame it and mount it on my wall. So I'm very happy I found one! Not to mention it came with two other backgrounds that I easily found cels to put them with.

I did receive another cel I'm undecided on wether or not to keep it or sell it. I did hide it on my gallery incase I decided to keep it.

Thanks to Leah, klet, kira, ginga, WC, hitokiri, backlot, and Moonrabbit for feedback on previous blogs!

My Birthday Tomorrow... er, a week

last modified: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 (9:36:44 PM CST)

Ah yes, the story of my life. Late. Always late. I was supposed to be born on Decemeber 21st. Then it came and went... so I was supposed to be born on Christmas Day... everyone stared at my mom's stomach like she was going to all of a sudden explode. However, nothing happened except for gas. Finally, 7 days after I was supposed to be born I was, and it has screwed with my life ever since.

See, becuase of it my Horoscope and being only three days before the next year, it also messed up my Zodiac. I was SUPPOSED to be a Sag. my favorite planet has ALWAYS been Jupiter which is a Sag's planet and what a Sag is discribed as applies to me almost perfectly. But no, I was born as a Capricorn and nothing personality-wise nor foretelling of a Cap works with me (except for not being a morning person) I kinda make up my own Horoscope by combining Sag., Cap. and the following sign Aquarius that seems to work. Still, becuase of this little mix up nothing time-wise is straight. No matter how early or well I plan things, events always happen which causes me to be late. I'm always running around and being a procastinator just adds more stress to it. By the time I have well... time to relax, I'm exhausted and out of energy.

On a different note, my hourse have been cut at work lately yet when I DO work, it's a 10 hour shift... when I'm NOT working I'm taking my mother out to shop 4 x-mas stuff. I've had no time to do shopping on my own so I have had all my present ideas come to me through tv and I know exactly what to look for in stores.

My cousin and good friend Karen, has loved anime longer than I have and Slayers being one of her favorites. She was the one that was trying unsuccessfully to get me into it. Well, she had been drooling over my Slayers cels lately and finally asked me to tell her where and how I got mine. I warned her what happened with my other friend Kristen and she assured me that she wouldn't feel right doing anything but bidding by herself. Low and behold, I get a x-mas/birthday present shipped to me by Mandarake... in it is a Slayers cel! She won it and bought it for me... sneaky devil! I remember seeing it recently and wishing I could bid on it, too! I'm very happy!

Snow... GRRRR!!!

last modified: Saturday, December 10, 2005 (1:46:31 AM CST)

When you're a kid snow is GREAT! Usually no school, you throw your snowsuit and coat on, go outside and have a blast by throwing snowballs at your sister and making snow angels.

When you get older, snow SUCKS. Snow just about equals one thing only; shoveling. Yes, nothing like having to wake up even earlier than you usually do in the morning for work just to break your back shoveling and being exhausted even before you get to work. Not to mention the tretcherous ride from home to work, then dealing with the same things in vise versa. Of course a snowstorm is also a calling for idiots and impatient jerks to come out into the malls to shop. Yup, nothing like risking your children's lives on a trip during a snowstorm just to go shopping and hope to avoid the crowds! You wanna avoid crowds at the mall? Go on a Thursday! ARGGhhhh!!! *rants* Okay, sorry I'm better now.

Actually not really. For about two weeks now I've been having health problems must recently and annoyingly I threw my back out somehow last week and it hurts even more now. Just imagine shoveling with that. Not fun. You see about oh four years ago I slipped on some ice on the sidewalk of my house and fell right on my lower back. Ever since then, I sometimes get twinges of pain... but NOTHING like this. What's worse is that I have no health insurance. To be honest I never really had insurance since I was 16 becuase of idiots in the insurance company. So I can't get it checked out until my job's health insurance activates in Jan. Goody... a month to go of this. Lovely. Sorry, for ranting but I'm tired, stressed and in pain.

Working Retail and Looking for Dog...

last modified: Saturday, December 03, 2005 (9:56:40 PM CST)

that's why I haven't been around the net alot lately. Working retail during the holiday season zaps alot of time, energy and patience out of you. When I HAVE had a day off, it's been spent going to animal shelters with my mother looking for a new dog.

Unfortunately now I found a dog that I fell in love with. It was at the MSCPA and oddly enough has the same last night as my childhood friend. He's a Chiwawa (sp?) but looks more like a smaller version of a Jack Rusell Terrier. He is 10 years old and the poor thing was just adopted in Septmember and then his new owner went into the hospital forcing him to go right back into the shelter! I'm not a dog person, I'm a cat person but even I liked this dog. He let me pat him and scratch him, without licking me to death like dogs usually do which I appreciated. The fact that he was already 10 years old kinda disappointed me and as the volunteer read his medical history I was even more upset. He has liver damage... and while I was patting him under his neck I felt a lump which she felt as well. Damn it all... the poor thing. He'll probably sit in the shelter until somebody puts him to sleep becuase nobody would want to adopt him... not even my mother did. Me on the other hand, I am VERY tempted to ask mom to let me adopt him and be his caretaker so that he can have a loving home to live the rest of his life in... as short a time as he has left. It would mean alot of time and money though and I'm not sure mom would go for it.

Cels and Sketches All Around...

last modified: Monday, November 28, 2005 (8:04:37 PM CST)

becuase of the holiday season alot of really nice cels have been appearing and there has been alot of sales lately. Luckily for me and my cel diet I've passed alot of it up. Asylum just updated with new cels and I didn't buy anything. AM now has a sale on for most of their stuff... I got three sketches all under $10.00 and I've been passing up alot of cels/sketches on Ebay and YJ. Except I kinda saw a cel on Ebay that struck me and since it wasn't too expensive I said oh what the heck why not? Hopefully I'll win it for the first bid. Hey that's much better than what I normally would do under the circumstances. I usually easily rack up atleast $200.00 at AM sales so I'm really happy that my desperation prevented that this time.

On another note the wackiness of working in retail during the holiday season is preventing me from being online alot so I barely have any time to answer e-mails and search around the cel community so I haven't been able to keep track of people's cel updates and weblogs which I apologize for and will hopefully get back to those once the holiday season is over. Thanks to WC, Leah, klet, Tex-chan, Blackmegabyte, purple-plum, Cutiebunny and Kira for previous weblog feedbacks!

Twilight Zone Thanksgiving...

last modified: Thursday, November 24, 2005 (10:28:36 PM CST)

What would be the weirdest thing happen to follow a thanksgiving meal? 1) Your Unlce Joe falls asleep in his bowl of mashed potatoes, 2) Your little cousins get into a food fight; flinging jello which sticks to the cealing and falls on your Aunt's head, or 3) A herd of 15 wild turkeys show up and ravage your aunt's backyard? If you picked 3 that was mine. Seriously, I'm not kidding. Right outside the window was a herd/ flock whatever of wild turkeys pecking and stripping things off in the snow. If you think the whole Thanksgiving Day thing never happened... there's your proof.
Happy Thanksgiving to you all... I hope you had a good time with your families and friends!

Moving On Being Strong..

last modified: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 (11:56:54 PM CST)

Things have finally started to settle down at home and in my life. My mother is practically drooling over every dog she sees saying; "I want that one" or "If I COULD I would have that one..." while I'm still stuck on the last dog. She gets depressed over not having a buddy around the house so we have to get another dog soon. Currently her eyes are on a long, haired Daushound that's speckled-colored and cute as a button but she doesn't understand how small they are and it's kind of dangerous to have around here. There are ALOT of animals around that could eat a dog that small not to mention she wouldn't be able to feed the dog scraps like the older medium-sized dog we had and with her electric wheelchair there's a chance of a run-over if you catch my drift ^-^' However, a dauschound is one of the very few dogs that even I like and I'm a cat person. So we'll see.

I've been good with cels n stuff. I updated with some Saiyuki Movie sketches I won JUST before the whole announcement and dog thing. It took me a little while longer than usual to pay them off but Mandarake was surpising supportive as I had purchased from them before and paid off auctions within 3 days so they were patient and understanding. I still need some backgrounds though especially a vertical pan background of either a night sky with stars or a darker brown boulder-type. So I've got a mission on those if anyone has seen anything like that.

Thank-you so much to everyone for your wonderful support and encouragements during my rough week. Espcially; MP, Tex-Chan, HotIce, Blackmegabyte, purple-plum, Cutiebunny, WC, Leah, Leedz, klet Backlot, Shampy, kira and Sletia!

One of the Worse Nights EVER...

last modified: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 (2:01:46 PM CST)

No only did I finally tell off my friend, breaking ties with her and being forced to keep her cels but the family dog died last night at 1:30 AM. It wasn't a slow peaceful death, one where he was in pain until the last few minutes. He hadn't been eating lately and all that he had managed to eat was his snacks given to him after he goes out. The entire day he wouldn't leave my mother's side and then when my dad came home he wouldn't leave his side. Then I was going to get a drink and the dog was pacing to go out so as usual I groaned a "darn you stupid dog" and let him out. I swore that I wasn't going to give him a snack but when he came back he was so happy and I caved... that proved to be one of the worse mistakes in my life. I went onto the computer in my mother's bedroom while she was watching tv and the dog was getting settled into his bed. All of a sudden he fell over like a horse onto his bed and from then on, it was a battle of pain and misery until the last few moments when he slipped away and I had to get everyone together into the room. Mom of course had her heart broken and cried uncontrollably. I kept it together until she and I were alone as dad and my sister took him to the animal hospital. That's when I admitted to mom about the guilt I felt for killing him. If I had not given him that snack he would've been alive until morning when they would've taken him to the vet. Of course everyone keeps telling me it's not true but it's not easy to just nod, forget everything you're feeling and move on. I can't get the guilt out. So now I REALLY have to stay away from cel collecting for a long while. I have some payment plans that I will finish as promised and I need some backgrounds but other than that I can't.

Ooh Situation with Friend Gets Worse...

last modified: Monday, November 14, 2005 (7:02:51 PM CST)

Yeah so she's been avoiding me and not talking to me lately. Everytime I call her she's mysterously "not home" when she usually is when I call (though I can hear her voice in the background of the phone when I speak to her mother) and she's sent my e-mails to the "Junk". So I JUST e-mailed her with my brand-new e-mail address with my "Can't miss who it's from" screen name and she hasn't replied. I do nice things and go out of my way to help a friend and when I demand a little bit of respect I get a door slammed in my face! So that means I'm down to three friends right now. In all fairness I added "her" cels to my Coming Soon section so that when I receive them, I can scan them and say to her; if you want these you're gonna have to pay for them and extra money for my services. If she continues to ignore me then that's it! I've had it! I'm keeping them and not talking to her again! I SO don't need this stress in my life right now!

Anyway thanks to Leah for giving my Rem cels a nice, new home! Thanks to tex-chan, klet and WC. Cutiebunny- that person you described sounds EXACTLY like my sister. That's why I will NEVER lend her money or anything because I won't be getting it back and she'll spend HUNDREDS of dollars on some expensive item. You know that friend I mentioned knew my sister first in High School, so I'm starting to see where things are tied in.

Slowly Getting Better...

last modified: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 (9:47:10 PM CST)

Okay, so thanks so much to JWR, MDKiller1 and another RS member I now have one cel that was sold and two others on hold waiting for the Money Orders... all right! You guys have no idea how much I appreciate this all though it's REALLY hard to part with those cels! Now if I can only sell oh everything in the Rubberslug shop and the sets that are still available I'll be all set... wow, um that's alot to ask, huh? Oh well, a girl can dream, can't she? I WAS considering selling some things on Ebay for that 10 cent selling fee thing but... I REALLY don't have the ambition to go through with all that yet so I might wait until a little longer or just sell the Rem cels on it. I dunno, we'll see what I have time for and what will happen.

I finally got my AM Saiyuki sketches in... it took 2 weeks! I was getting a little antzy there for a bit. Anyway, I'm so happy with them especially the sketch set of the Kitty leaping into Sanzo's arms and the one of Sanzo smoking and sneezing... not only are they better in person but there's like 10 layers for them not including the Timing Sheets.

I'm so behind on Beta with seeing other member's updates and RS member Weblogs that I feel REALLY BAD about it but I just haven't had the time lately, the past three weeks have been especially busy. SO I hope to get through some of those on Sunday.

Oh yeah about my friend, I warned her that if she doesn't get her act together then I'm going to keep the Lina pan cel for myself since it was purchased under my account, I paid it in full, and it has to be shipped to my house. She didn't like that idea too much I'm sad to say; she seemed relunctant to get her own YJ bidding service account and she doesn't want to pay the extra fee I'm asking for. So I dunno what's going to happen with that.

Thanks to tex-chan, Cutiebunny, WC, and klet for giving me some wonderful comments in the last weblog that certainly encouraged me!

Co-Owning and an Overly Eager Friend...

last modified: Monday, November 07, 2005 (5:43:53 PM CST)

So ontop of still not feeling good, out of money and my sales not going good either now I have this little BIG problem to deal with. Okay, my friend Kristen of whom I've known since High School and loves the same kinds of anime as I do, has recently gotten into cel collecting. Since she doesn't have a YJ bidding service account yet I've been doing the bidding for her..then the auctions go over her max bid and of course I volunteer to chip in becuase not only am I a SAP but I also want the same cel as well. This was fine at first with the first auction but now a second one has occured and I fear her eyes are on another one so I finally had to tell her to please either get her own SMJ or Rinkya Account or pay me extra for getting involved with them. So she relunctantly agreed to go with a service or don't bid at all. So now I have a $250.00 YJ bill to someohow cover until she pays me. OUCH! Why me?

Thanks to; kira, WC, tex-chan, Leedz and Miss Z for your advices and encouragements. I'll probably end up putting the items on the RS SHop for a while until around x-mas and then repost about selling them or put them on EBAY. To klet;don't feel bad, it's okay, really.. I hardly think it would've made much of a dent in things anyway and it's not going anywhere. ^-^

Sale Not Going So Good...

last modified: Sunday, November 06, 2005 (7:24:58 PM CST)

Yeah, I'm in trouble! I only have one sale so far that has panned out everything else is a; "maybe when I have money" or when I mention prices and shipping charges they don't go through. I can't afford to ship to everyone's houses I'm sorry. If things keep up like this I'll have to force myself to turn to Ebay which everytime I sell things from there a problem ALWAYS happens so I would like to avoid it. I was mostly relying on selling the Rem cel set at least. Not only that but everyone else seems to be selling stuff, too so I feel like I'm out of luck! This SUCKS!

Sale Announced...

last modified: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 (9:10:58 PM CST)

I'm selling alot of items to try and pay off some payment plans and x-mas presents. Please check out the below link for details if you're interested! http://www.anime-beta.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=15591 Basically it explains that I'm accepting offers on anything in my Offer/Trade section. The Rem cels, Fruits Basket Set, and Saiyuki Sketch sets are being sold in groups. If you want to make offers or want to know about prices please ask me. I'm willing to take a month payment plan for the Rem group. Also, if there's anything labelled NFS that interests you, I'll listen to offers.

As for the previous weblog thanks goes out to; WC, klet, Leah, tex-chan and MP! Sletia; relax girl I'm not angry at all! I was frustrated with that situtation too so I don't blame you.

I Have a Confession to make...

last modified: Monday, October 31, 2005 (10:06:48 PM CST)

I love blonde guys in anime... there I said it! Happy now? Did you notice a theme that almost every guy in my gallery has blonde hair except for Sesshy all though some people COULD call that WAY platinum blonde. Why do I say this? Becuase I have two of my favorite particular blonde anime guys coming my way soon! Not to mention the offers I got from Anime Jewell also intitles blonde guys. The only non-blond guys I have in my gallery are Van and Phibby. Phibby just wouldn't look evil with blond hair... that just would be creepy! Allen from Escaflowne has blond hair and I like him but I kinda don't like the flirting thing he has a problem with... so I'm a little bit more of a Van person. I'm a HUGE Gohan fan.. wait his hair TURNS blonde so that counts, right?

Why do I have a thing for blonde guys in anime you might ask, simple; I have a childhood guy friend of whom I absolutely adored when I was little and I see alot of him in these characters. He's just one of those all around really generally nice guys that cares about people and is super intelligent but also has a sense of humor and can be goofy sometimes. I really appreciate those kinds of traits in people and it's rare to find guys like that where I live. Maybe I'm reflecting on this tonight becuase there's a five year class reunion mentioned to me by a classmate that might be coming up in November and as soon as she said that I started thinking of him. Though the Kitsumi in my life always manages to sneak his way into my head once in a while... not to mention my life as well. Thanks to tex-chan, kira, WC and klet for your kind words in my last weblog!

Okay... Final Round!

last modified: Friday, October 28, 2005 (10:54:28 PM CST)

Got the Saiyuki sketches up in the Coming Soon section I'll try to get more scans and give them more accurate screencaps. I've got some cels in the works for the upcoming month or so but that's going to be it for a while for me; I can't spread myself this thin for too long before I break. There's the holiday shopping season, car repairs and Anime Conventions to save up for so unless there's a MAJOR wishlist cel I'll have to stop myself from going for cels after next month. That's okay, for the AWESOME things that I've acquired within the past two months I wouldn't trade any of them for anything! Especially my Achika cels and my newest Slayers cels!

Thank-you so much to; WC,kira, SME, tex-chan, Leedz, sletia, and Ronin for your kind comments about my update! You're all so kind! I'll keep that in mind Leah and thanks for your comments as well. Klet- that Prophecy of Death episode is my FAVORITE one in Escaflowne and the second I saw that cel I had a feeling that's where it was from but I didn't know for sure. It's around the scene where... oh yeah no spoilers here. Now that you helped to confirm this I'm REALLY happy to welcome him to my cel home!

Updated ALOT of Cels!

last modified: Thursday, October 27, 2005 (10:22:05 PM CST)

Boy am I exhausted from Updating my gallery so much! I switched around some sections and I added some new ones. I have just about finished all of my updates except for in Saiyuki which I'll update something tomorrow and will have some in the Coming Soon section. As for what I updated over the past couple of days; Inu Yasha, all of the Slayers categories, Saiyuki, Escaflowne and Tenchi Muyo the Movie! I have got to say that this has been one of my favorite updates so far since joining Rubberslug!

On the downside all of this updating means I'll have to sell some of my cels to compensate for the money loss and trying not to get me into serious financial trouble. I'll probably do that around the weekend or next Wed. So until then I have things under the Offer/Trade section that will be up. I'm planning on a couple of "sets" like all of my FB will be one, two Saiyuki sketches will be another one and to try and avoid having to part with the Rose Petal Rem I'm going to try and sell a bunch of Rem ones together. If that doesn't work then I'll have no choice. Also, if anything NFS or not labelled interests you don't be afraid to send an offer the worse I can say in "no, thank-you" ANFS items are off limits!

Anyways, thanks to Cutiebunny and Tex-chan for your comments. I think I'll try and see what happens with the method you used klet becuase I've always been a little aprehensive about putting cels in the freezer...

Finally got my SMJ Shipment in Today...

last modified: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 (10:16:35 PM CST)

and BOY do I have ALOT! I had forgotten about some auctions I won and I also won alot of cel sets so I'll be slowly adding updates within a couple of days. I did receive a BIG surprise I wasn't expecting! I had won a set of Lina cels on YJ and received them to find a third cel a big, ugly scary evil character cel... ooh. Yup, I'm NOT gonna tell ya, you'll just have to see for yourselves!

For the most part I am so happy to see these cels in person and most of them are what I was expecting and more, except for one. Before I start explaining let me tell you that by exprience do NOT under any circumstances put wax paper in between a cel and sketch that are stuck together! I don't care what cel expert may say about it, don't do it! You have to understand what'll happen! Wax paper melts into paint when it gets heated and if you remove them wrong all the paint from the cel can be ripped right off the cel. If you have that kind of situation where the cel and sketch are sticking together either leave them alone, use one of those removal methods or cut a cel bag in half and place one of the halves in between the two. Don't use wax paper or any other paper for that matter EVER. Or what happened to my cel of Makoto Kino fighting Zoisite will happen to you. If you do find yourself with a cel like that you have to be EXTREMELY careful when removing the wax paper. I was lucky to have the patience to carefully remove most of it but parts of the paper are now permenately melted into the paint and if I remove them, I'll remove the paint. I will be carefully working on it to get more of it off to show and I might see if I can use that freezing method to do it. Thanks to Cutiebunny, tex-chan and klet for respongding to the last weblog!

Anime Shopping Day at the Mall...

last modified: Sunday, October 23, 2005 (1:25:26 AM CST)

Today was a BIG anime shopping day for me! It DEFINATELY cheered me up! First I won that Van cel from Mandarake's Big Auction that I was in love with and enough under my max bid that there's hope that maybe the other auctions/ items won't hurt my bank account as much as it could... somehow though I doubt that ^-^' I know what you're thinking; "Uh oh, she's starting ANOTHER new series to collect from?!" Hey, I've been into Escaflowne ever since I witnessed the distaster that was the English aired edited/dubbed version and was curious to see how it was in the Japanese version so I bought the tapes in those bulky white video cases. I purchased the first three dvds of it but lost interest in purchasing more since other newer animes where coming out. I wanted to start collecting cels from it since I saw the awesome ones that alot of other cel collectors have in their galleries and ones that I saw on Anime Link. I'm only really looking for cels either from the OP or from "The Death" episode of which really got me into Escaflowne. Then again just falling in love with one like the Van cel I won is likely to happen and I'll accept that ^-^

Ah, anyway so I went to the mall a couple of miles away and went anime shopping. I had certificates galore to use for Best Buy and Suncoast so I bought; Saiyuki Reload vol.2, and RRK mangas vol 18 & 19 (Enishi arcs). I went to a video game store which had a sale of used dvds; buy two get one free so first I finished purchasing my first season Saiyuki dvds ($9.99 each no taxes thanks to NH!) and got an Escalfowne dvd for free ($5.99 with no taxes)... then I couldn't resist going back for a second round and finishing off buying the dvds of Escaflowne which equaled to twenty for the first purchases and ten dollars for the second purchase= $30.00 all together! Just as much as I would have spent on just one not used anime dvd at the retail stores! What a bargain shopper I am! I'm so proud and I didn't even have to put everything on credit!

Update on the Internet Complications

last modified: Sunday, October 23, 2005 (1:24:51 AM CST)

Thanks to; SME, tex-chan, klet, and Kira for your support and sending good vibes to me! I really needed it! To Blueheaven; I haven't had a chance to reply at Beta about it but I did read the post and I just wanted to let you know that you are good at making points and sticking to your opinions. I wasn't really hurt by anything you or IGWT said but how the entire post kept on rolling into uncomfortable situations in general. I can get sensitive and am quick to feel guilty of things apologizing like crazy. Just one of those Tohru Honda emotions I have so well ^-^'

Why I hate the Internet and Forums Sometimes...

last modified: Friday, October 21, 2005 (6:57:08 PM CST)

Everytime I start a post in Beta for some reason things start going the wrong way. I'll say something and think it sounds good and makes a point to me but other people takes things out of context and make them sound another way. It reminds me again why I hate the internet sometimes. A friend of mine sent an e-mail to me about a month ago and it got to me really bad because she had a problem with me and couldn't say so to my face. A lame e-mail where you can't tell how the other person feels directly without having to guess from the e-mail is a quick way of pissing me off. I'd rather get a phone call from that person and talk to them so that we can talk honestly and clearly in a way that both of us can understand how each other is feeling. These kinds of things is why I tend to float in and out of Anime Beta and other websites/ forums. I just asked a simple question and it turned into a big controversy... makes me feel really hurt and cautious about expressing myself on internet.

To cheer me up a little bit I did receive that OP Sanzo sketch that Tex-chan was so kind enough in letting me purchase a layer and I did receive the Saiyuki sketches from Ebay too. Hopefully I'll win some auctions I'm currently on or have offers go through to cheer me up a little bit more. Thanks to tex-chan, klet and Ronin for their kind comments about the previous weblog!

Received and Won Saiyuki Today!

last modified: Saturday, October 15, 2005 (6:15:35 PM CST)

I was starting to head to my room to each lunch today when the doorbell rang and there was my package of Saiyuki sketches that I got from Titiana's open gallery! I was sooo happy and boy she wasn't kidding about that Sanzo pointing his gun at the fake Goku sketch being GIGANTIC! I had the hardest time getting it all together and accidently ripped a little bit when I tried to get it out of the packing... D'oh! >< It's not too bad and you can hardly tell so that's a relief... I just LOVE it! I especially love the Sanzo sketch of it.

Of course what I'm excited most about what I got from her is the sketch of Konzen beating up on Young Goku when they first meet! I just LOVE that scene and Konzen is my #1 favorite character in the series! So keep your eyes open for more Konzen goodies in the future! I added them to the Saiyuki section

I also won a sketch from Ebay of one of my favorite episodes and scenes! It's in my Coming Soon section so take a peak!

Oh and of course tex-chan is one of the nicest and most generous people out there! It's TRUE I'm really serious! She's letting me adopt one layer of her new Sanzo OP sketches! I can't WAIT! I've always wanted an OP something or other that I liked and I LOVE that scene! Thanks to her for her support in everything thaat's been going on with me, too! Take a bow Tex-chan you deserve it!

Long Week Finally Comes to an End!

last modified: Saturday, October 15, 2005 (9:06:39 AM CST)

Yes, this week and last week will probably go down as the worse weeks this year so far for me and I get the feeling I'm not the only one! My mother is doing better all though her two toes that are broken are BLACK and Blue, mostly black not a good sign if you ask me but after endless amounts of nagging by me and the rest of the family; it's her decision not to go not mine. She's one stubborn lady I'll say that for her! it has kept her going for all of those years so I can't say anything bad about that.

I've been sick or sleeping off and on this week. I won something on Ebay which I added to my Coming Soon section and I decided to go for some auctions in Mandarake's Big auction afterall! I also made a discovery on Anime Museum so my money will once again be eaten by Steven in a couple of weeks *munching sounds* *Burping sound*

A special thanks goes out to; tex-chan, klet, magiktori, Leedz, MP,and kira for cheering me up this week!

Not a Good Sign When There's an Ambulance in Your Front Yard...

last modified: Monday, October 10, 2005 (11:07:51 PM CST)

I'm surpised I didn't come across to this when I came home from work and the Post Office today. You know how when you sometimes enter a house or a room and get a bad feeling that something just happened and you probably should turn around and go away? For me usually there are sings of this; 1) an ambulance on our front lawn 2) My grandmother cleans the house from top to bottom. I came home to scenerio #2. I'm like; "Uh, oh what happened now?" My grandmother;>"Oh she's off the floor now but is in lot of pain"... so nonchalantly like I just asked her what time it was. I of course reacted like this; "WHAAATT?! What's THAT supposed to mean?! What happened?" My grandmother; "Oh, she just slipped off her bed and onto the floor.. nealry broke her legs under the bed when your sister's boyfriend tried to get her up. FINALLY your father showed up and he and your sister's fiance were able to get her off the floor," Again nonchalantly.

I came home just as the commotion was over I guess and had to try and get my mother's spirits up after her guilty feelings. Hey, it's not her fault she's handicapped and can fall without beable to get back up on her own but she just keeps thinking; "If only I wasn't like this I wouldn't cause so much trouble for people". I talked with her for a little bit and then my grandmother decided to make up my mother's bed and needed me to do it. I leave my mother for only a minute and "Bang, OWE!" She had accidently left her electric wheelchair on and moved it while she reached for something and jammed her toes against something. I ran in, got that sorted out only to hear; "I think I broke my toes... don't tell Grammy" *Slams forehead against desk* Honestly, when I'm not around everything literally falls apart! Now my mother has several large bruises on her arms/ legs and her toes are now BLACK! She won't go to a doctor when she's supposed to. So it's no use trying to convince her to go and see one! AAAHH!!!!! *rants and then huffs in exhaustion* Okay, I'm done now.

I Got My AM Shipment in Today...

last modified: Sunday, October 09, 2005 (8:03:20 PM CST)

Yay! I haven't had enough time to go through all of the stuff yet becuase I've been out all day with my friends but so far it's really cool! I like the Saiyuki gengas even more in person becuase they're multi-layered and comes with timing sheets and episode numbers. It'll take me a while to scan the ones that'll add to the Saiyuki section but I'll do those as soon as I can. For now I have the one of Sanzo Tripping Gojyo redone in action sequence! Cool, it's nice to have a computer that actually does stuff you want it to. Now if I can just figure out how to create and save .gif files... I'll probably be adding the Kouryuu sketches soon. I've got a project other than attempting to clean my room again.

Thanks to klet, Cutiebunny, kira, and kaminari for your responses! Sorry to hear about your Xellos/ Garv cel Kami! I know it must've been hard for you!

Oops MKC part 2...

last modified: Saturday, October 08, 2005 (5:18:26 PM CST)

Oh yeah I forgot to mention. If ever you sell one of your favorite items on Ebay or anyother way be sure to mention if they ever want to sell it in the future to tell you ahead of time incase you can get it back. I saw one of my Slayers cels that I sold someone back on Ebay again and it was one that I REALLY liked/ miss too. That taught me that lesson.

More Keeps Coming...

last modified: Saturday, October 08, 2005 (5:14:44 PM CST)

NO, I see MORE wishlist items one on YJ and one on Ebay, not to mention a "really want" one on YJ again! It looks like my cel diet's gonna have to wait... maybe until after x-mas. GREAT my x-mas and birthday money are gonna go to my bills instead of saving for conventions or buying cels/ sketches with grrrr. Or I'm gonna have to sell more items than I thought. Which I'd rather spend my x-mas and b-day money than do that. Plus, there's an Escaflowne cel on Madarake's Big Auction I'm DROOLING over boy am I glad I have restraints in that area. I'm not much of a Van person but even I'm tempted on that one! Good luck on whoever's going for it!

Yup, I'm feeling better today. I'm sorry to hear that you're sick, too klet! Hopefully you'll get that research paper due in time! Thanks to Cutiebunny, kira, klet, Miss Z and of course Tex-chan for your support on my last entery!

Sick and Miserable...

last modified: Friday, October 07, 2005 (11:47:49 PM CST)

Yup, I'm sick like usual. I get sick alot for different reasons. This time it's the usual one that I fell nausecious (sp?) all over and can't even LOOK at food while suffering from a horrible migrain. I hade to come home from work early and to add to my misery I just realized that Achika cel I won on YJ isn't included on the items being shipped to me... becuase SMJ hasn't received it yet and sent me an invoice. So I HOPE it gets to them and me in one peice!

I slept so much that I had to get up and eat SOMETHING. So I just made a hamburger and have been on the internet for a little bit. I'm going to have to go back to bed soon. Yay.

By the way, you're comment Miss Z caused my eyes to bug out and me to cry; "Ouch!" I know how it feels to have to give up your favorite things for finances (which I'll have to be doing soon), it stings alot but hopefully it has a nice, safe home.

Got Shipping Notices,,,

last modified: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 (10:22:07 PM CST)

Yup, my Anime Museum and SMJ shipments are on their way to my house so I decided to jump the gun and move the cels in the Coming Soon that are in those shipments into the sections they belong. Oh yeah, I bought the Saiyuki Movie and finally realized there's a folded up poster inside... and I LOVE it let me tell you! It's the one of the four of them sitting on grass in very laid back poses. *drools*

Thanks to tex-chan, klet, kira, WC, Cutiebunny, and of course Leah for past comments that definately helped to cheer me up! I just LOVE that episode of Sanzo with the kitty and especially in that pic eventhough I haven't even seen that episode in person! I can't WAIT! Isn't it the cutest Saiyuki pic ever? BTW, I DO call that guy Kitsume and he bugs me to tell him what it means... but that would spoil my fun! I just want to make sure, Kitsume means; "Red Fox" in Japanese right? 'Cause that's what I mean to say. Not in the "You're a FOX!" way, but in the "Sly as a fox" and mostly all the tales/myths about foxes using their charms to try and trick people to get their own ways. Especially that one Myth (Japanese one I think) about the "Fox and the Hunter's Daughter"

Kharma Keeps Kicking My Butt part 2

last modified: Monday, October 03, 2005 (7:50:03 PM CST)

THIS time the damn kitsume told me that he was going to live in Florida or Scotland (yeah I laughed at that one in my head, too. Not that Scotland is a bad place to go too mind you but it seemed corny and I can't imagine him wanting to live in that country... all though the thought of him wearing a kelt is pretty funny.. teehee damn, too bad he didn't)

So two years pass and I have been on my witts end... especially within the last couple of weeks. Last Saturday I debated over wether or not I was going to get up early and go to the bank and Post Office before they closed. Then I got a jolt of importance and went there as fast as I could. I did and had enough time to stop in at the drug store right next door to pick up somethings I really needed. Then as I exited I looked up and there he was in his car waving at me.... I wanted to throw my stuff at him! Unfortunately or fortunately for him, his mother was with him inside the car so I fell for the "I'm so happy to see you routine" I can't seem to get myself out of when it comes to him. Apparently, he returned a while ago but assumed that I was long-gone by now (yeah, what happened to that?) and didn't bother to call my house or stop in at my work (hmm, is he trying to cover his own butt or was he serious I still can't tell). So he mentioned his birthday and a get together and calling me on Wed. let's see if Mr. Unreliable (oh, that's right he DOES know Jennifer (aka my sister; "Miss Unreliable") really will do what he says he's gonna this time. Probably not. Anyway, he left and I pointed up at the sky and said; "You son of a Bitch! Haha, very funny," (sarcastically and bitterly)

Which brought me to today. Then I HOPED that I could get my car started again and that whatever needed repairing WASN'T what my grandmother was saying. Thanks to Jennifer (er, I take back what I said about her... for now that is) and her fiance I got my car going again and her fiance determined that it was the started and would probably cost me around $200.00 to get it fixed at a good place. AAHHHH WHAT?! Okay, so I'm very relieved that I don't have to pay $600.00 but still... $200.00!! Why me? Why now? I was only kidding about that... really!

Kharma Keeps Kicking My Butt.. it HURTS!

last modified: Monday, October 03, 2005 (7:30:56 PM CST)

Yup that's right something ELSE happened. My car wouldn't start when I got out of work today. My grandmother forced an answer into my head that it was the timing belt and would cost $600.00 to replace. This time I suspect that funny thing called Kharma. To explain why I say this I need to break things down to the begining of what happened. Okay, so there are only two guys in my entire life so far that I have had deep feelings for. One of them has blond hair and is my childhood friend of whom I had been very close to when I was in Elementary School. I wasn't very good in groups with girls but for some reason I fit well in groups with boys especially if he was in them... he'd keep me out of trouble hehehe ^-^' I had this little; "too smart for my own good... there's nothing I can't say or do," attitude (I have the opposite problem nowadays, how did that happen?). He was just as smart as I was but he didn't act up at all... in fact he's always been very charming and generous when it comes to people and eventhough he's very smart, he's got a goofy and funny side to him which I appreciate very much. I suspect that's the reason why I'm especially fond of blond-haired guys (Uh, ignore that last one... no comments please)

THEN there's the red-headed Kitsume as I refer to him as. He's brash and sometimes cocky... he smiles warmly and even melts the coldest of hearts when he does but I know that smile only hides what troubles him. He constantly tries to fill the void of pain and emptiness in his heart by diving head first into situations... especially relationships. And BOY has he had some REAL doozies. He doesn't want to hurt me like he might've of other girls in his life and has told me that I am one of the only constant things in his life. So unfortunately for ME he pushes me away.

He also has a bad habit of taking off the minute situations or relationships get messy because he wants to avoid conflict. He'll disappear for months and even years without so much as a call or a postcard. So I stay wondering if he's okay and hoping that whereever he is; he's happy. These thoughts and the faith that I WILL see him again is what keeps me from hating him and eventually does bring us back together again. Also, as he keeps on doing this I get more and more fursterated and thus more and more confidence in myself. HOWEVER, whenever I have things planned (imagine Kaoru from RRK and the engagement ring episode) as far as what he would say or do and force visions of a life together; I get nasty remiders to stay focused on my life in front of me. Mainly, uncontrolable and unpredictable bad things happen as a sort of punishment I suppose or a test of patience. Not only that, but it turns out that he never says or does what I planned he would.

$500.00 vet bill now...

last modified: Friday, September 30, 2005 (11:54:07 PM CST)

an upgrade for the bill a downgrade for my bank account. My mother actually asked if my sister and I could pitch in which is almost unheard of coming from her. If it was up to me, I wouldn't let things keep going this way but I really have no say in anything in my family. This all means I really will have to sell things from my gallery. I really DON'T want to but I have to.

thank-you to MP, tex-chan,Cutiebunny, Leah and klet for your support. I really appreciate it!

Majpr Money Pitfalls...

last modified: Thursday, September 29, 2005 (8:09:47 PM CST)

due to recent Wishlist cel auctions on YJ, sales at Anime Museum, fancel commissions, a $110.00 visiting bill for the family dog and many credit card bills; I will be forced to sell some items and open my gallery to offers as soon as I receive my YJ winnings. I will be emptying out my Fruits Basket section completly (to replace it with Saiyuki), a Rem cel and some Slayers cels. In the meantime if anyone sees anything they've wanted that's not labelled ANFS I may consider them. I also will have to be on a cel purchasing diet for the next couple of months maybe even after December. I have no choice but to do it cold turkey unless there are cels SPECIFICALLY on my wishlist.

I'm nerved up right now becuase it took the dog collapsing after throwing up what he ate finally convinvced my mother to take him to a vet which should have happened WEEKS even MONTHS ago. She's a wreck so now I am. Thanks goes out to klet, Leah and tex-chan for their comments on the last weblog!

LLB Continuing...

last modified: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 (10:14:08 PM CST)

I leave the gosh (insert other word) damn, pump and start hearing the wind and birds VERY close and loudly. Is it my windows...? Nope, not those. Where the heck is that sound coming from... the passanger door! So I have to pull over in another parking lot, to get out of my car, slam the damn door shut, walk back around the car, get back inside, leave the parking lot and AGAIN head for home before I feel like ramming the car into something! Forget about Wallyworld that's the LAST place I want to go to when I feel like hunting down stupid people!

Then, there on the table sat a beautiful sight. A missing paycheck from Work 2 years ago that I had filed a missing action on; worth $211.00! Patience really DOES pay off! I head upstairs to my room and see a Rent Anime envelope with the next Saiyuki dvd to watch! I watched it, ate some chocolate, drooled at the new paycheck, got some screen caps off of a website for some of my upcoming Saiyuki sketches, and won another Saiyuki sketch.

Wow, Ying Yang... is going to drive me CRAZY if it keeps going like this.

By the way, thanks goes out to Tex-chan, klet Leah and SME!

Life's Little Balances...

last modified: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 (10:12:45 PM CST)

So yesterday I had a perfectly fine day at work and then plans to buy stuff at Wallyworld right after getting some gas. So I stopped at the usual gas station I go to becuase I also like to buy a fountain soda and pay inside.

I did my usual press o'da buttons on the gas pump then the guy on the speaker tells me that I have to pay inside FIRST. I only got gas about four weeks ago and this happened within those four weeks! Fine, whatever.. it doesn't matter to me I'll just get the soda and pay for the gas first. I go to fill the cup with ice... and it tips over, I caught it just as some little cubes escaped onto the floor. My arms were full with my work bag/purse so I couldn't hold onto both at the same time. Then I go to put soda into it.. and the same thing almost happens! I cursed and then finally left out the ice, held onto both my purse and cup at the same time as I filled the cup, then I go to put the cover on. It doesn't fit. No matter how hard I adjusted the damn thing, it wouldn't stay on longer that a second. What the friggn hell! I was begining to had enough of the stupid place so I said frig this I'll just go pay for the stuff.

I needed to use a ccard becuase I had NO money with me, so I handed him my card. He tells me; "Sorry I can't take ccards here, you have to pay it at the pump..." Me>> "What the hell are you talking about I've ALWAYS paid for the gas with my ccard in here! Since when is it too hard to swipe my ccard in that clunky register of yours!" Guy>> "Uh, since they took the ccard part out of the register about four weeks ago" Me>>*Grrr... better get out of here before I either think about blowing the gas pump up or want to strangle somebody!*

I managed to tear myself away from the store and as I walk to my car to start paying for the gas which was starting not to be worth all the trouble, I took a sip of the drink. It tasted like windex... not that I've DRUNK windex mind you but you know when you spray it and sometimes you taste it if you breathe through your mouth... well imagine that. I think one of my eyes was starting to twitch at that point and I probably had a few veins popping out so I knew going back into the store would only lead to a bad outcome, so I throw the cup into the garbage and sighed a deep, long, have to calm myself down, sigh. I made my way to the pump and put my ccard in... Invalid it has the galls to show me. Invalid! *You're the thing around here that's INVALID!* I think as I swipe it again... Not authorize. I KNOW I don't owe THAT much on the bill, so what the... oh, I put it the wrong way. D'oh! Grrr... let's try this again! Finally success! I paid for the gas, pumped the gas, got inside my car and started to make my way to freedom when another car comes ZOOMING right in front of me! Good thing I have fast reflexes and instincts or he would've hit me.. he was an old geezer too (no offense to the elderly out there)!

Cousin's Wedding..

last modified: Saturday, September 24, 2005 (11:28:11 PM CST)

SO I went to my cousin's wedding tonight. It was much different than the long, boring weddings I hate going to. They got married at a bar by a Justice of the Peace... which was my godfather. The ceremony was short but sweet and I brought my new digital camera along.

In large crowds, even among my family it takes me a while to socialize... I prefer small groups like 2-3 people to stand out in. However, food and damn songs like "Love Shack" forced me to get into it.

The table peices were AWESOME... clear vases with a Beta in each one! I fell in LOVE with the one at my table and when the time came to see who gets the tablepeice. Nobody else at my table wanted it but the wedding couple forced everyone to do a drawing for them. When I passed my name tag to my Unlce for him to place it in the hat... I whispered a little charm of luck and had a feeling that they would call my name... and guess what? That's right, I won the Beta! Yay, I got a free Beta and added him to the other two I already have in my room!

So all in all it wasn't such a bad wedding like I had expected. I received an invoice for the Sanzo rilezu so I revealed him on my Coming Soon Section as well as the Ahicka cel.

What a day yesterday/last night was...

last modified: Friday, September 23, 2005 (9:13:09 PM CST)

I received my e-mail confirmations about winning all of my auctions including the Slayers cel of Lina with white hair! I was sooo excited and happy when I saw this and when SMJ went back online alloying me to bid on one last goodie before I go on my cel diet for the next couple of months I DEFINATELY need to now becuase I just received the invoice for the Saiyuki sketches I ordered on Anime Museum and damn nearly had a heart attack! I didn't think it could come to THAT much! Ontop of my recent auctions and Anime Musuem's little announcement today... I'm starting to hurt already and I haven't even paid for things yet.

On a even downer note, I came home yesterday to a very somber mood of my family dog and how he was struggling really bad... I pretty much thought he might die the moment I saw him. So my mother has been so nerved up and very emotional about it. He seems to be doing a little bit better today but he's not in good shape at all.

Update on the latest Blog...

last modified: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 (9:18:21 PM CST)

finally just a minute ago I was able to check the closed auction section of SMJ eventhough my personal section can't be veiwed and from what I can tell and hope... I won the last auction, too! I'm so crossing my fingers there wasn't a last-minute thing that could've changed it before the SMJ stuff crashed! I am still sitting at the edge of my seat but I'm half as tense as I was last night so I can get some sleep tonight after my shower! Oh, I can't WAIT to see those confirmation e-mails to appear so that I know 100% for certain! I've gotta go before I get myself tensed up again! Thanks again to everyone for their support and an extra special thanks to Starfighter, klet and of course Tex... you guys (girls?) are the BEST!

More to Come...

last modified: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 (3:30:42 PM CST)

Thanks for the comments ealier everyone and thanks to Starfighter I found out that I probably won the Sanzo rilezu cel that was on YJ. I saw that cel in Tex-chan's Saiyuki Museum and fell in love with it. Short time after it appeared on YJ... destiny I tell ya! As for the last auction which is more of a shot in the dark that I'd actually win it I'll have to ask if someone could check out the end result of that one. It's auction; e49769687 of a cel from Slayers of Lina with white hair talking to Gourry... I have a particular fondness of that episode for a good reason and I've been REALLY wanting a cel of Lina with that white hair for a while. As I said before one appeared on YJ and went well over $200.00 which I couldn't and still can't afford right now so I PRAY that I won this one. It's even better because she's with Gourry! My dream wishlist cel of that is when Lina is laying down on the grass and Gourry gets all worried becuase of her hair... what? She has the right to change the color of her hair without dying it. All though it was sweet of Gourry to be worried about her so I guess it's okay.

Ah anyway, so I was biting my nails in nervousness last night about the Sanzo cel so I surfed to get my mind off of it and fell right into a Saiyuki Genga sale trap! Doh, I ended up splurging with money I pretty much don't have so now there are Saiyuki Gengas coming soon. I won a Saiyuki scroll on Ebay too (adds totals of these and the previous auctions won.... *faints*)

Uh, did I win it... or what?!

last modified: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 (8:29:26 PM CST)

So, I had to work this morning right as the third auction was ending. Then I come back to check and see if I received an e-mail saying congratulations because the last thing I knew I was the only one who had bid on it. But there was nothing....! So I quickly go to SMJ to see if I won it or not and their website isn't working or maybe it's my server/connection... the point is I don't know if I won it or not! I only have the auction number not the complete address to check it on Rinkya (I don't have an account there anyways) If someone reading this could somehow check out that closed auction using this auction number #g34313534 and let me know if it says; "animechaos" on the winning bidder or not. I MIGHT actually get some sleep tonight and I'd be eternally grateful. so anyway, I'm sitting here sweating bullets woundering if I won the auction and they're not able to send me an e-mail confirming this becuase their working on their site or if someone bid at the last hour and beat me! Another problem is that I planned on raising the max. bid on my last auction if I lost any of the previous auctions so if I DID lose the third auction I would need to go to SMJ and bid a higher max bid on my last auction... BUT I CAN'T!!

This sucks! I'm gonna have to wake up at 8:00AM on my day off to be glued to the computer and see what happens with that last auction. I really love it and have been looking for one of it for a while since the last one went past $200.00 and this one is in my opinion even better than the one before it. I lost ya didn't I? Well, I'm stocked up on chocolate ice cream, gummi worms and Pepsi so I'm ready to pull an all-nighter if I have too!

Two for two... and the Elusive one too!!

last modified: Monday, September 19, 2005 (5:50:29 PM CST)

Yay, all right! Yes I won the second auction! This time it was of that all elusive character that you just seem to never be able to win or when they're available you don't have the amount of money needed because they're expensive and popluar ones, too! Achica from the Tenchi Muyo in Love movie... AND in the hands of Kain too!! Ooh I almost fell over when I first saw it and the last time I bid on one on YJ, I lost and the auction went way over $150.00 which is definately NOT something I can afford up to at this moment. I woke up ealier than usual this morning before work to check up the last couple of hours left and I still had the head bid and it was no where near my max bid. SO I came home, went straight to the computer and hoped to see that "Congrats" e-mail... it was there! I checked the winning price and it wasn't too far from the original bid and left me with enough money so that if I win the last two auctions on YJ I won't have to sell anything as long as they stay reasonable. It's looking just as good a turn out for the last two auctions left so far... oh I sooo hope I win them! As Lina would say; "I'm so lucky!"

By the way in the last weblog I'm sorry klet that I didn't mention which series that first cel was from ^-^' yes, it's from Sailor Moon and the character I one was of Sailor Jupiter not in Sailor uniform. Thanks goes out once again to klet, tex-chan, Mirai Peorth and everyone else for their great encouragements! I hope that everyone has good luck with their auctions/cels too.

Yay one cel down three more to go...

last modified: Sunday, September 18, 2005 (6:18:07 PM CST)

Wait three? Oops, yeah I just saw another amazing goodie on YJ that I just couldn't help myself... like cake. So I won the first one which was that cel set of Makoto Kino... from her first episode! I ALWAYS wanted one of her fighting Zoi in that one especially when she throws her earring at her and then nails her right in the kisser.. er um, moving on. SO YAY for me!!! I'm so happy and I also like the first one in the set where she's sitting and playing the video game at Andrew's Arcade while Usagi tells Rei and Ami about her. I just LOVE her green expressive eyes... the thing about Makoto is that all though she is supposed to have green eyes often times they seem brown. So it's nice to have a cel with her green eyes.

I'm still pretty hopeful that I'll win the other two as well and at their open bid prices. As for the one that I just bid on toady I have a very slim chance of winning it but hey I love it so I might as well give it a shot and see what happens! You never know!

Aahh There's SOOO much on YJ right now...

last modified: Saturday, September 17, 2005 (2:23:30 PM CST)

that I'm bidding on and WANT that I CAN'T bid on I'm going crazy! The ones that I am inlvolved with 2 of them are of particular characters in their series that I have a hard time winning. Especially the one I just found yesterday. Everytime I see a cel of her either I'm outbid or she's too expensive for me to afford at that time. I've ALWAYS wanted a cel of her... I'm afraid to mention which cels here becuase I don't want to stir anymore problems people have been having lately with that kind of thing. So I'm just keeping my fingers crossed.

I JUST saw another auction I'm bidding on that I'm DROOLING over. Tex-chan might find out what if she looks oohh he's sooo AMAZINGLY cool! If it's ever possible to be both hot and cool at the same time this character has IT! Oooh 1 more days for most of them... 1 more days! I'll be sitting at the edge of my seat hoping that I'll win them at their opening bidding prices but this is YJ we're talking about and that rarely happens.

By the way, I want to thank everyone who replied to the Stolen Lunch weblog for your support and all! Who would've guessed that the topic of food would bring so much feedback...^-^'

Grrrr... I almost went psycho at work today...

last modified: Monday, September 12, 2005 (10:28:55 PM CST)

When I went onto my half-hour lunch break... yes ONLY a half hour to find out that someone either threw out the sub I had brought or ate it! I FREAKED out. I'm not kidding, employees thought I had hurt myself or something. Then when I told them they were like; "Oh, it's not that big a deal..." it's a BIG deal to me! I purposely saved the second half of a DELICIUOS chicken finger sub from the previous night to take to work to eat for lunch since I really didn't have much money. If I had THOUGHT this was going to happen I would've eaten it all that night and then brought a tv dinner for lunch. But NOOOO, I had to be late off of my lunch to buy a meal on my ccard since I didn't have enough cash and what I hate bothered my stomach. GRRR!!!! OOooh I tell ya, the culprit's REALLY lucky that I don't know who it is or I would've let them taste my rage!!! *Huffs exhausted from rant*

Okay, I'm better now. I finally figured out how to screen cap thanks to some very helpful Beta members and sent the pics to be commissioned for fancels. I'm getting two cels with missing layers and a full Saiyuki commission. What is that commission of, you ask? You'll just have to wait and see. ^-*

Eh,,, what a week...

last modified: Saturday, September 10, 2005 (12:01:35 AM CST)

I've just been having the most annoyingly horrible and grey week I'm so glad that it's almost over. On top of having more cel items issues, I've also been having a tense time at work and at home. I screwed up so much yesterday at work that in the end I broke a $5,000 printer... it only happened becuase I was using a ladder instead of a cart... only because I had rushed and missed alot of things that I skipped over. I come home and it was my sister's birthday... and no one had remembered. Oops, so now we're getting together for that tomorrow night and that's after I take my mother out to go late b-day shopping for her. We planned Saturday because I thought I'd have Saturday open because I usually have Sundays off and sometimes spend it with my friends. Low and behold they schedule me to work Sunday and I have to convince them to change it... only to find out afterwards that my friends decided they wanted to get together tomorrow instead. Well, too bad guys you shoulda told me that so now my schedule for next week is all screwed up. I've been so busy with things like that, I haven't been online much this week. I've got such a headache...So Saiyuki and ice cream will be helping to cheer me up this weekend.

A Relaxing Saturday...

last modified: Saturday, September 03, 2005 (11:30:15 PM CST)

I woke up at like 2:00 PM today it felt good to not have to get up until then! I'm a lazy cat what can I say? Anyway, I was going to do some practice shots with my new digital camera and test out screen caping but my parents wanted to go out and it was such a nice day that I went with them, too. I went to BBUy and purchased Saiyuki vol. 1 & 2 I was surprised at the register to find that the first volume was $19.99 and the second volume was only $11.99!! I might go back and get the 3rd vol. tomorrow. What a deal! Anyway, then I got two Beta fish and then we went to Friendlies which is my fav place to eat becuase it has my FAVORITE meal Chicken Parmasaen melt and great ice cream all in one place. I had a fudge brownie sundae of course ^-*
I came home, watched the Saiyuki dvds and then watched Inu Yasha on AS with my mother. It was a nice, breezy and actually fun day ^-^

Waste of a Day...

last modified: Friday, September 02, 2005 (10:11:11 PM CST)

I woke up this morning with a VERY upset stomach and had to go to work for 7:00AM and since I wasn't feel too well and hadn't called out from work in a while I was like; "Why the Hell not?" so I called out and stayed home. I caught up on some sleep well I did my best with my stomach burning and acidy... eventually it went away so I was able to eat something and feel good enough to go to the bank and get some money out for me to use. I came home, went on the internet for a little bit, made supper and watched Saiyuki vol. 2 (the only Saiyuki volume I have)

I've been in desperate need for some fancels especially for some missing cel layers so I've been making a list. I was GOING to try and be good this month to not buy much but it already went downhill with the auctions I won at YJ and a couple of Slayers sketches from RX. So I might have to go on a cel diet for a month in October to make up for it. Which I don't think Oct. is known to be busy cel-wise anyway which would help me ALOT.

Thought it Over...

last modified: Thursday, September 01, 2005 (6:33:44 PM CST)

While I saw how many people put up auctions for Hurricane katrina victims it made me want to try harder. I may not be able to buy anything but I can sell somethings once I get my SMJ shipment in I think. Hopefully. There are a few items that came in a set that I would probably sell anyway, why not for a better cause right? Uh, so how do I go about that?

Too Tired So Slept through this Week

last modified: Thursday, September 01, 2005 (4:46:53 PM CST)

Beta's been down? MP's doggy Zoi got hurt by her kitty? When did this all happen? While I was sleeping probably. With this hot, muggy weather, work being overly busy (and too early for what I'd been used to) and becuase I hadn't been feeling too well lately or sleeping too well over the weekend with my mother being upset over the reality of the family dog not doing well I have been sleeping as soon as I get home from work at 6:00 PM. Then I somehow wake up at 10:00 to eat and then I fall back asleep again. I've missed three days so far so I'm NOT falling asleep tonight... I'm not. I hope ^-^'

I saw alot of cel auctions on Ebay to support the efforts of the Red Cross for victims of Katrina and I really wish that I had the money to go for them but with the recent cels I won/puchased and the soaring gas prices I can't. I feel bad samething happened with that tsunami a couple of months ago... bad timing. I hope that those cels raise good money for the cause!

A Lazy Sunday...

last modified: Sunday, August 28, 2005 (7:46:10 PM CST)

Not much happened today, I woke up at 2:00PM this morning... er, afternoon and mostly worked on my room and watched missed epsiodes of Inu Yasha with my mother (yes, she LOVES Inu Yasha).

I did win that auction with the Milgazia holding Lina's hand cel! Yay! Thanks to klet, Leah, Cutiebunny, Kisara, tex-chan and kt for your support! I could've gone for the other one, too but I need more backgrounds more importantly and I need to pay RX.. for the Slayers sketch once he uploads more items for sale on Beta. That's pretty much it.

ID'ing cel scenes sucks!

last modified: Saturday, August 27, 2005 (3:49:15 PM CST)

I went through my Slayers Next last dvd to try and id that new Lina cel I just received and I ran into two problems that prevented me from finding it out. 1) The Lina cel is horribly line and color faded and 2) the shot of the cel and how close-up it is. Becuase her hair is color faded I can't really say for sure where it takes place becuase her hair has a different color in that sitaution. The shot of the cel that's shown on the tv may have cut out more of the cel or may be a closer shot than what I can see from the cel. Not onloy that but it's a C number cel which means it's part of a movement sequence and I have very little chance of IDing that.

The only option I have left is to go through the Slayers Next tapes where I can use slow-mo pausing to try and narrow it down. There are problems with that too. The Slayers tapes only have 3 or 4 episodes in each and what I'm not sure of would be from two different tapes. Also, becuase I've watched them so much the tape quality isn't very good and it's very slow to go through the episodes which would kinda force me to actually watch the entire episode. Not that it's a bad thing mind you, it's just that I'm used to watching NEXT in a marathon so if I watch one episode, then I have to watch MOST of them (especially considering the scenes I'm debating the cel is from in the last two tapes of Next I HAVE to watch both of them). So for now I'm gonna move it into the Slayers Other section.

Eh...

last modified: Friday, August 26, 2005 (5:31:26 PM CST)

not much happened today. I had to LITERALLY drag myself out of my bed this morning to go to work. I am the best procrastinator in the world... I got dressed and made it to work in 10 minutes. It's probably not a GOOD habit, huh? I wasn't late, there's a 6 minute leway after that then it's considered late and I used all 6 mintues!! Um, again that's probably shouldn't be a crowning acheivement.

Work was busy and I came home to find my Lina cel from Asylum Anime! Like seeng your puppy or kitty waiting for you inside the door of your house! The more I look at it, the more I'm CONVICED I know when it takes place in the anime. I've gotta double-check it but again I'm a procast. so I don't feel like it right now. So far so good on the Slayers set auction on YJ one more day to go and just me bidding on it so far. I HOPE that it stays that way, I mean there's another one almost exactly like it there with even better Slayers cels except Milgazia isn't holding Lina's hand in it. Thanks to everyone for wishing me luck on it! ^-^

Cheering Up!

last modified: Thursday, August 25, 2005 (7:22:21 PM CST)

Thank-you all for your kind comments and encouragements! I really appreciate it! Today I'm so happy because I finally got my Slayers Next scripts in! These are scripts for the last two episodes in Next for which most of my gallery is dedicated to. My hands were literally shaking while I opened them and studied them. No, I don't read japanese. No use to me you say? Wrong! I can recognize the names of the characters in Slayers in japanese and I know the last episode inside and out so I know the breaks to look for to guide me. It's kinda cool like solving a mystery from a book written in an unknown language.

I also updated my gallery with Coming Soon items becuase I couldn't wait long enough. I also purchased a digital camera and I can't wait to use it to do screen caps! My fingers are crossed for those Slayers cel auctions ^-^

Ups and Downs...

last modified: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 (6:08:28 PM CST)

Thank-you klet and Leah for your encouragements! However, another wishlist Sailor Moon cel item blew up in my face! :( It's a long story of me e-mailing them, them saying that someone else e-mailed them before be but they weren't sure if they were going to flake out, then a couple of days later them saying; "Oh they never paid so you can have it now", and me going; "This sounds a little too good to be true", so I e-mail her telling her that she should double-check and what to you know; there was an e-mail and Paypal payment.

*Sighs* one thing after another, I stray from Slayers for a little bit because Sailor Moon cel auctions had started getting better and I end up with mud on my face. I'm not angry, just frustrated. So it's just another reminder to stick with my main focus of Slayers cels and save up for their auctions since they've been kinda popular lately. Go figure. Speaking of, I did fall in love with a Slayers cel set on YY becuase one of them has a cel of Milgazia holding Lina's hand!!! Oh, sooo cute! So I'm gonna try for that one.

Current Events...

last modified: Monday, August 22, 2005 (5:17:45 PM CST)

So I lost that Mistress 9 cel I fell in love with on YJ to someone else. I hope that he takes good care of it and it helps to cheer him up. So to cheer myself up from the loss I snagged that Slayers sketch set of Rx... of Lina slapping Gourry around. I couldn't resist it was too funny! I might be getting a wishlist Makoto Kina cel too. I paid for those Slayers Next scripts of the last two episodes and I can't WAIT to get them! I've also been tempted to get some Words Worth cels on YJ but I'm not sure. I'm TRYING to be a good girl but to be honest it's not working out too well. Oh well, what'tcha gonna do? ^-^'

Back Again..

last modified: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 (10:44:11 PM CST)

So I'm getting a new Slayers cel from Jackun the payment finally arrived to him. I also just won a Slayers cel of Lina dealing with some blackmarket guys in her bathing suit (from Forbidden Dance) which I suprisingly won with my first bid. It mostly had to do with the stuck sketch I think. It doesn't matter to me I REALLY like it. Once I pay it off next week, I'll be able to request SMJ to ship all of my winnings to me, the Slayers cel from Jackun, and my Slayers Next scripts will all come home to me and I can update my cel gallery!

I do have my eyes on some SM auctions on YJ right now, I'm struggling REALLY hard not to go for them. One is the Mistress 9 cel... you HAVE to know that M9 is my FAVORITE adversary. There's something about an eternal struggle between good and evil within oneself and in this case they LITERALLY battle each other out which I think is REALLY cool! So I'm debating depending on how much the auction will come to.

Ramblings....

last modified: Sunday, August 14, 2005 (1:07:16 AM CST)

I just changed the picture shown in my "Send Feedback" section to a pic that I just LOVE! It's from my Slayers Dramata book of Lina sitting at a desk, reading a book and eating Pocky. All though to me Pockey is a dry stick, I think the pic fits me perfectly.

I've been finally working on my website and redoing alot of it. It's mostly a Slayers fanfic sight but since I have a TON of space left I'll probably use it as a personal page or will add my Sailor Moon fanfic to it. The main heart and soul of the website is dedicated to my version of the fourth Slayers series combining the Novels with the tv production style. Now that the Slayers Novels are slowly coming out in English I have to change some of my fic to adapt to them.

Also, I have a new Slayers cel from Asylum Anime and a whole bunch of auctions that I won from YJ over the past couple of months that will be comign soon and add an update to this website. I can't WAIT!

I've been Bored so Adding More Blogs

last modified: Saturday, August 13, 2005 (2:52:25 AM CST)

Thank-you Klet that Gourry cel has a nice, safe home with me ^-^.

Anyway, I realize that I haven't been keeping up with Weblogging here. But since I don't really have a weblog myself I think I'll be TRYING to add things everyday just to help ease my late night boredem.

With that said I would like to thank jckun for allowing me to adopt one of his Slayers cels... I PRAY that my packages get to him. I'm also VERY happy about something I won today! Slayers Next scripts for the last two epsiodes!!! It was funny becuase I would check the script section of Manadarake idling thinking that maybe they would appear... and they DID! Not only that but I WON them and I'm SOO happy! I know alot of people don't care for scripts because they think they're not important. To me, these scripts were another important step to creating my all time favorite episode ever! Now all I need to do is keep my eyes out for storyboards. The best part is that I won them for just the amounts that I could afford which isn't that much.

Official Updates....

last modified: Saturday, July 02, 2005 (3:34:30 PM CST)

Yes, Anime Boston was AWESOME! Where I was lacking in cels I made up with autographs... all though I waited through HOURS of lines and missed alot of other events. However, it was worth it to me becuase I got so many COOL autographs, got some for my friend Nephreena and met some REALLY awesome VA's and the creator of Chrono Crusade

SO I kinda went cel-buying crazy afterwards other than having to sell some of my cels to pay off my hotel bill. I won some cels that I really wanted, lost others that I really wanted and bought some from thezelgoddess. So, except for a few other cel updates to come in a couple of days, I think I'll go on a cel vacation.

With Anime Boston 'round the corner

last modified: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 (8:58:01 PM CST)

I'm so excited about Anime Boston this weekend I can barely sleep (like I can sleep anyway ^-^'). I'm so anxious to see what anime cels might be there and how much money I can try to keep. One big problem is the $425.00 hotel room bill which is the main reason why I've had my gallery open to offers. Since nothing really has been sold except for one cel... the Sesshy cel, Inu Yasha running cel, and the Gourry in a dream cel are going to be listed on Ebay. Once the darn thing starts working *grrr* @-@'

Hopefully I can get what prices I ask for so that everything will even out.

Leaving IY and SM Behind

last modified: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 (12:11:00 AM CST)

I have decided to stop buying Inu Yasha and Sailor Moon cels. I have come to the realization that I have been missing something important in my cel gathering ever since I started expanded my gallery to different series. I also will not be purchasing anymore Fruits Basket sketches and instead will get fancels made in the future. The change in direction is becuase I had lost my main focus which is Slayers.

I am satisfied with my Inu Yasha section and with the exception of a Chibi Chibi cel, same thing with the Sailor Moon section. They have been too expensive lately and too much competition. Also, having to part with my Slayers cels because of them. I am also VERY much into Chrono Crusade holding it just as special to me as Slayers so I will continue to SLOWLY gather CCrusade items. However, with a new aspiration and drive I will be mainly focused on Slayers from now on!

Long-overdue Update!

last modified: Sunday, April 10, 2005 (8:22:09 PM CST)

Finally all of my updates are done. Most of the updates were cels in the process of paying for or were purchased several months ago. I'm very happy but also very broke as I just bought a new computer. Hopefully it'll all straighten itself out. I have a feeling I'm going to have to strictly stick to wishlist only cels to keep from going into debt even more than I already am. I guess I'm a glutton for punishment ^-^'

Testing...

last modified: Sunday, April 10, 2005 (4:52:10 AM CST)

I love anime! Especially Slayers, Inu Yasha, Chrono Crusade, Fruits Basket, Trigun, Sailor Moon, Azumanga, and Rurouni Kenshin.